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
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
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 one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end. — Sylvia Plath 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
Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize. — Tom Lehrer 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
Life's a game made for everyone and love is the prize. So wake me up when it's all over - when I'm… — Avicii Copy Share Image
Theatre is a game of hide-and-seek. For both the hiders and the seekers, the thrill is in the discovery. When the rules… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things… — Aaron Tveit 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
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who is 17, has become the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. So a Pakistani… — Colin Jost Copy Share Image
I absolutely want and prize and love and revere every single media review I get, but if I got 50 reviews from… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
Too often, our minds are locked on one track. We are looking for red - so we overlook blue. Many Nobel Prizes… — John Turner Copy Share Image
I've organised for the last years, since I got the Nobel Prize actually, Anatomy of Hate Conferences all over the world, what… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's your...everything.… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
When you look back on a lifetime and think of what has been given to the world by your presence, your fugitive… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
We suppose that could be considered a hedged position for the awards committee, one that would never occur in the hard sciences… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I… — Yousuf Karsh Copy Share Image
Today, the sun is everywhere, and everything solid is nothing but its own shadow, I know that the real things in life,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
In my opinion, sexiness comes down to three things: chemistry, sense of humor, and treatment of waitstaff at restaurants. If the sparks… — Rhoda Janzen Copy Share Image
To us, your power comes from one simple thing: you’re a woman, and we men will do anything humanly possible to impress… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
I was 15 when I got my first job as a proofreader for an advertising agency in the City, earning £12 a… — Eric Bristow 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
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
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
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
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
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
With the coldest winter ever recorded, with snow setting record levels up and down the coast, the Nobel committee should take the… — Donald Trump 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
Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future. — Andy Andrews 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
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
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
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
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
Of course, Republicans still can't believe that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. But then Democrats can't believe that Sarah Palin… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image