Academy Quotes

252 quotes by 222 authors

So many people around the world have used nonviolence as a way to resolve a conflict that they faced in their lives. And they continue… — Arun Manilal Gandhi
I guess this proves there are as many nuts in the Academy as anywhere else. — Jack Nicholson
I'd like to thank my mother, my father, the Academy. I'm sorry. I was thinking of something else. — Jim Carrey
The people voting for the Oscars are so old. I haven't seen one Academy Award voter with a tampon in her purse. — Joan Rivers
Like Semmering Academy, the Grove School was a Gothic pile of bricks run by 1950s-era chalk drones, which maintained its cultural viability by perpetuating a… — Heidi Julavits
Iâ€™ve never taken time off from being an actor. This is the kind of career Iâ€™d be so happy to do until I die. I… — Ansel Elgort
I tell my kids in the Academy at Newcastle to watch Henry. He plays with such a swagger, not an arrogance, and that is a… — Peter Beardsley
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you,… — Evelyn Glennie
Painting is traditional but for me that doesn't mean the academy. I felt a need to paint; I love painting. It was something natural -… — Gerhard Richter
I've heard it said that winning an Oscar means you live five years longer. If that's true I want to thank the academy because my… — Julianne Moore
Maybe next year the government might impose some immigration rules on the academy. Two Mexicans in a row is suspicious. [On Mexican immigrants in the… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
In the words of Agatha Swanburne, founder of Swanburne Academy, 'Every book is judged by its cover until it is read.' — Maryrose Wood
How far the existence of the Academy has influenced French literature, either for good or for evil, is an extremely dubious question. — Lytton Strachey
Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing… — Marilyn Monroe
If you want to see the future of management education you should go to see Team Academy. — Peter Senge
The phrase 'academic freedom' is often used carelessly: here is a work that will allow a more careful conversation about those many crucial issues facing… — Kwame Anthony Appiah
I think feminist pedagogy should not simply expose students to a particularized academic scholarship but that it should also envision the possibility of activism and… — Chandra Talpade Mohanty
I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study at… — Chiwetel Ejiofor
There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on… — Lili Taylor
I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that you… — Joanne Woodward

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