I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize.… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I'm presently incarcerated. Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hah! "Attempted murder"? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
'To Kill a Mockingbird' appeared to highly favorable reviews and quickly climbed to the top of bestseller lists, where it remained for… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and… — Frank B. Kellogg Copy Share Image
In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds… — Bobby Rahal Copy Share Image
Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Something he knew he had missed: the flower of life. But he thought of it now as a thing so unattainable and… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only initiation which I advocate and which I look for with all the ardor of my Soul, is that by which… — Louis Claude de Saint-Martin Copy Share Image
Probably the only people left who think that economics deserves a Nobel Prize are economists. It confirms their conceit that they're doing… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success, The Waste Land not figuring very… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Went up from my feet to my head, With little chills after it stealing- And my hands got as numb as the… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy… — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
“Without knowing it, the adults in our lives practiced a most productive kind of behavior modification. After our chores and household duties… — Mildred Armstrong Kalish Copy Share Image
Set NOT your hearts on the flowers of this world. They shall fade and die. Prize the Rose of Sharon and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in… — Jahangir Khan Copy Share Image
The fantasy of the wedding day is that it represents undeniable public and private truth that you have been chosen. For that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I plucked a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn, And climbing for the prize, was torn, And fouled… — Dante Gabriel Rossetti Copy Share Image
In the first place, the preparation of the Nobel lecture which I am to give has shown me, even more clearly than… — Frederick Soddy 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
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
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
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
What a man does with his wealth depends upon his idea of happiness. Those who draw prizes in life are apt to… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
When my stories were translated into other languages and received good reviews in the international press and won prizes, some Arab festivals… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
When we faced a possibility here in New York of chemical and biological attack, three days after September 11, I called in… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
I don't really read a lot. I got a few Booker Prize books and some others and thought I'd try this but… — Limmy Copy Share Image
Any time I consider a new project, I ask myself, is this pushing the state of gaming toward Nobel Prizes? If it's… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Murder is illegal, but if you take a picture of it you may get your name in a magazine or maybe win… — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
I think there is a huge difference between writers who have very big sales, and writers who have small sales. Even writers… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Is the 'black designer' label there to warn everyone not to have the same level of expectations for me, or is it… — Kerby Jean-Raymond Copy Share Image
We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
The pernicious influence of the prize and medal giving in art is so great that it should be stopped. History proves that… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
For the past two centuries, those who do not prize freedom have chipped away at every major clause of our Constitution until… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The Senate is the big prize. Until recently, Democrats felt confident they could get the four seats they needed to take back… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
![“I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave this Nobel Prize to [Bob] Dylan because blurring the lines of song lyrics and also hip-hop for me is like some of the greatest uses - most innovative uses of language in my lifetime.” quote by Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ff/jim-jarmusch-3256_bob_i-think-we-need-to-sort-of-broaden-our-d_681950.jpg)
![“We put [young children] into kindergarten where their reasoning powers are ruined; or, if we can afford it, we buy Montessori outfits that were invented for semi-imbeciles in Italian slums; or we send them to outdoor schools and give them prizes for sleeping.” quote by Katharine Fullerton Gerould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6d2/katharine-fullerton-gerould-13_children_we-put-young-children-into-kindergarten_670781.jpg)
![“The Senate is the big prize. Until recently, Democrats felt confident they could get the four seats they needed to take back control if [Hillary] Clinton is in the White House and Vice President Tim Kaine held the tie-breaking vote.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8dd/mara-liasson-8465_bigs_the-senate-is-the-big-prize-until-recent_815886.jpg)