My first reaction on being awarded the Nobel Prize was, actually, I thought of Fischer Black, my colleague. He unfortunately had passed… — Myron Scholes Copy Share Image
Two years ago I was on the train from Berlin to Frankfurt when I heard that the Nobel Peace Prize had been… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
If I found a cure for a huge disease, while I was hobbling up onstage to accept the Nobel Prize they'd be… — John Ritter Copy Share Image
If you tell someone, 'Hey, your daughter is going to win a Nobel Prize someday,' it makes it less likely. If you… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
The two don't necessarily translate, especially if you're a prize fighter: you've fought all your life, you've fought all these fights, and… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I think if my eight-year-old self could see me at the Royal Albert Hall winning a prize for playing the Doctor on… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
If I were a writer, the Pulitzer Prize would be important to me. This is my profession, so an Oscar is important. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future. — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
One thing about winning a Pulitzer, it means you know what the first three words of your obituary will be: Pulitzer Prize-winner.… — Clarence Page Copy Share Image
The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
In one way or another, President Obama's critics will dog him all the way to Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony,… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
With all those prizes the most interesting thing is getting on to the shortlist, because that tells you who people see as… — David Malouf Copy Share Image
The general sentiment among the Yeas is, no accolade is too high for their man; and the Nobel being, literally, the gold… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
I think, about the distinction between fiction and nonfiction. Fiction is not really about anything: it is what it is. But nonfiction… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and… — Billy Tauzin Copy Share Image
The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted until within this century. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'd like to win a Booker Prize for writing. A Nobel Peace Prize for my work in peace... and I think that'll… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
I'm going to be the first rapper to win the Nobel Peace Prize. I don't know exactly what it would be for,… — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what Al Gore did for peace. I don't think he have been high on my list for the Nobel… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I think the judging process is full of integrity, compared to some other prizes around the world. The fact that they change… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Success doesn't happen overnight. Keep your eye on the prize and don't look back. — Erin Andrews Copy Share Image
