All anybody needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one. — Henry Mitchell Copy Share Image
In my opinion, giving a kiss is a much better prize than receiving one. — Hiro Fujiwara 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
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
People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
We're each given one life, and it's our job to make it useful, beautiful, and fulfilling. There is no value in suffering… — Sarah Jio Copy Share Image
There is only one positive role of the Nobel prize--it creates some common way to understand a writer. I cannot say, that… — Stanislaw Lem 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
Some mechanism in my sub-consciousness took the dominant characteristics of various prize-fighters, gunmen, bootleggers, oil field bullies, gamblers, and honest workmen I… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
She’s the kind of person who either dies tragically at twenty-seven, like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, or else grows up to… — John Green Copy Share Image
It's always been a dream of mine, and a childhood fantasy, to play a great champion. I would much rather haven been… — Mark Wahlberg 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
My two Jamaican cousins ... were studying engineering. 'That's where the money is,' Mom advised. ... I was to be an engineering… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
We have a greedy cycle where Human Rights Commissions fine citizens in order to pay their own salaries so they can employ… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
ONLY in the release of the seen do you lay hold on the unseen, My little one. Heaven waits for those who… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis] continued to focus on migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, which was the front line of the European… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share Image
I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
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![“The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the darling of the new emerging Indian middle class – they needed a princess. They had the wrong woman. I had this light shining on me at the time, and I knew that I had the…” quote by Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1f3/arundhati-roy-346_activism_the-booker-prize-was-actually-responsibl_634250.jpg)
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