The Nobel Prize has been a disturbance at the beginning of October for some years. It would be gratifying to win, but… — Peter Higgs Copy Share Image
The industry does have some influence on who gets other awards. With the Mercury Prize, they don't. Jon comes from the business,… — Peter Gabriel 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
I'll say this, and it'll sound like bullshit, but it's not: I don't really pay attention to this stuff [Man Booker Prize]… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Nothing makes a woman more esteemed by the opposite sex than chastity; whether it be that we always prize those most who… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
They say that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Truth be told, we don't love him because of that, but he was… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The worth of a prize depends on the people who have received it before you. — Antonio Munoz Molina Copy Share Image
I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
I prize being just a normal dude that wakes up, goes to work, comes home to his wife - like, quite boring. — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
I think anyone who gets the Nobel Prize has to be a little bit embarrassed to be picked out when there have… — Christopher A. Sims Copy Share Image
I cannot forget that the Nobel Prize for Peace was also a commission - a commission to work harder than I had… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
One of the things my mother taught me when I was a child was just keep your eye on the prize and… — Cathy Hughes Copy Share Image
Literary prizes serve a purpose if they allow for discussion of books. — Richard Flanagan 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
... but that's what mankind is like: they only prize what they no longer possess. — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
“But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
I'm not much interested in prizes, whether from the Arab world or from the Western world. Writing is a very difficult process… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Don't play it safe. Resist the seductions of the cowardly values our society has come to prize so highly: comfort, convenience, security,… — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is an exquisite act of condescension from Norwegians, a dog biscuit and a pat on the head to… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
