Awarded Quotes

68 quotes by 65 authors

If the double helix was so important, how come you didn't work on It? Ther husband, Linus Pauling, when the Nobel Prize was awarded to… — Ava Helen Pauling
A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought. — Stephen Hawking
On hearing the news [of being awarded a Nobel Prize], a friend who knows me only too well, sent me this laconic message: 'Blood, toil,… — Max Perutz
My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to turn it down so that… — Tony Visconti
Self-esteem is the prize awarded by you to you for playing by your own rules - in which case, you'd think it would be easier… — Terry Rossio
The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil… — Walter Lippmann
I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently. — Joely Fisher
Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF — Anatoly Karpov
I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For… — Jung Chang
The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do. — Betty Williams
It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that… — Joe Baca
I hope the car they (Sport Magazine who awarded it to the World Series MVP) give him (Brooks Robinson) has an extra large glove box. — Sparky Anderson
It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of general chemistry, the… — Wilhelm Ostwald
When, during the Second World War, the island of Malta came through three terrible years of bombardment and destruction, it was rightly awarded the George… — Andrew Roberts
You see, with [designing]weapons, it is like a woman who bears children. For months she carries her baby and thinks about it. A designer does… — Mikhail Kalashnikov
A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke. — Joshua Lederberg
I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day. — David Millar
The Metropolitan Museum of Art some time ago held a display of contemporary art at which $52,000 was awarded to American sculptors, painters, and artists… — James Keller
It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynched by a rampaging mob… — Douglas Adams
I think the team that successfully puts together an economic and social policy framework for global full employment in decent working conditions based on local… — Juan Somavia

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65 authors contributed a total of 68 Awarded Quotes, led by these top contributors: