Academy Quotes

252 quotes by 222 authors

Itâ€™s also true that I might have never made Taxi Driver [1976] were it not for the success of Alice [Doesnâ€™t Live Here Anymore, 1974].… — Martin Scorsese
Naturally, I was thrilled but being the first year, the Academy Awards had no background or tradition, and it naturally didnâ€™t mean what it does… — Unknown Author
Writers should avoid the academy. When a writer begins to accept pay for talking about words, we know what he will produce soon: nothing but… — Edward Abbey
We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well, I didn't… — Homer
If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards. — Annie Proulx
Concentration of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. And the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the… — George W. Bush
Because they've either conveniently forgotten with time or they're trying to be supportive, most mothers won't tell you how hard pregnancy (and then childbirth) can… — Jenny McCarthy
Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy. — Plato
For my second and third pictures I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me, — Luise Rainer
For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy… — Corliss Lamont
The guidelines say all the right things, ... They address all the issues that were raised as problems at the Air Force Academy. The major… — Abraham Foxman
I wanted to start a proper academy and recruit juniors from all over Pakistan following my retirement after the World Open in 1993 but there… — Jahangir Khan
I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I… — Pat Morita
I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a nomination - that's… — William Peter Blatty
Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Payday at my house is like the Academy Awards. My wife says: May I have the envelope please. — Henny Youngman
The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow. — Paul R. Ehrlich
I was invited to join the newly established Central Chemical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1954 and was able to establish… — George Andrew Olah
I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a… — Georges Bizet
My son was staying with me, and we got up to watch it, just before they announced supporting actress, he came up and put his… — June Squibb

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