As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name,… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
It's useful to know how much society's holding you back. My mother would talk about how she was told by the head… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
You ever see 'The Dating Game'? That's a weird game show. The prize on that show: another contestant. Talk about cheap. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
I wouldn't feel good about it at all. At the end of the day I'm here to win a team prize, and… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself. — John Bolton Copy Share Image
If you try to come to Australia by boat, even if we think you are the best person in the world, even… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
The farther the experiment is from theory, the closer it is to the Nobel Prize. — Irene Joliot-Curie Copy Share Image
Tennis is not a contract sport and we really rely on the WTA and ATP tours to be up and running so… — Bethanie Mattek-Sands Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an “extra” that a person might grow into after he… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“I expect to be awarded the Nobel prize for researching what professional astronomers did not want researched.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Who wouldn't be a mountaineer! Up here all the world's prizes seem nothing — John Muir Copy Share Image
I have said a lot of 'yeses' to lots of first-time film-makers. Lots, lots, lots. I admire them a lot, I respect… — Victor Banerjee Copy Share Image
In racing, there is no question who is best - the first one to cross the finish line wins first prize. But… — Mario Andretti Copy Share Image
The automotive X Prize, to a great degree, is focused on addressing petroleum usage and carbon emissions. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Alas! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay, And those who prize the trifling things, More trifling still than they. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The pretention that some of us are better than others, I don't think is a very good thing. And who is contributing… — Jack Steinberger Copy Share Image
With gamblers, it's never enough. You keep thinking on a conscious level that the prize is whatever the pot is. In poker,… — Jason Gedrick Copy Share Image
To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
The absurdity of public-choice theory is captured by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in the following little scenario: "Can you direct me… — Linda McQuaig Copy Share Image
If you go into science, I think you better go in with a dream that maybe you, too, will get a Nobel… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
