I still remember playing my first Challenger tournament in Hong Kong in 1990, and the prize fund was $50,000. — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I consider myself a prize fighter going into a very, very tough ring called daytime TV, and I take it very seriously. — Wendy Williams Copy Share Image
The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction. — Trey Gowdy 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
My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
We put [young children] into kindergarten where their reasoning powers are ruined; or, if we can afford it, we buy Montessori outfits… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould 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
No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the Prize can accept it other than with humility. There is… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
There's something very strange about associating me with that prize. I had hoped for it in a more directed way as a… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham's… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
Love it, love it and the beat and beating heart, love that too. More than eyes or feet. More than lungs that… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
A nap is not to be confused with sleeping. We sleep to recharge our bodies. We nap to care for our souls.… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
I mean to say, really, I am near to developing a neurosis - is there anyone around who doesn't want to study… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
See, I don’t expect to win a prize for stoic control and dignity at mourning time. Death deserve tantrums. Beating back shocked… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
Because of the amount of press attention, people went to see this dirty bed, as if it was a freak show. But… — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I never had the idea of moving to Paris and becoming something. I liked the idea of living in Paris because it… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
There are certain people who prize celebrity over substance. That makes the media world go round. The media needs those people to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
It's like a prize fighter. He knows he has a fight coming up, so he gets in the gym and trains. So… — Slim Whitman Copy Share Image
If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize. — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
If you wanted to, it would be easy to find some crappy lyrics [of Bob Dylan] from the Eighties to undermine the… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I called my mother up when they announced the Nobel Prize, waiting until 7 in the morning. She said, "That's nice -… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they… — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I don't think the people are going to change their opinion on the health care plan because President Obama has now won… — Carl Forti Copy Share Image
I have done nothing important or distinguished since we met except to win the handicap prize, worth ?4 10/- at North Berwick. — Arthur Balfour Copy Share Image
Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
The truth is that anyone, almost anyone, who receives the Nobel Prize has some indirect knowledge of one sort or another that… — James Rothman Copy Share Image
When I was in my early 20s and still at uni, I won a short-story competition: £200 was the prize. — Ian Rankin 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
Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste… — Anonymous Copy Share Image