Awarded Quotes

68 Awarded quotes by 63 unique authors

Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment. — Chanakya
True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence. — John C. Maxwell
Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered… — Kristi Yamaguchi
"For 46 years, we were engaged in a worldwide battle against communism". "During that time, there were countless heroes, who served in our nation's Armed… — Mary Landrieu
If the Nobel Prize was awarded by a woman, it would go to the inventor of the dimmer switch. — Kathy Lette
Historically in restaurants, the service staff is awarded significantly higher wages than cooks and other staff who prepare the food on which a restaurant's reputation… — Thomas Keller
We are very excited with the roster of skaters that are coming. It's the first time New Jersey has been awarded an event of this… — Susan Ward
To virginity is awarded the tribute of the highest beauty — Thomas Aquinas
As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It really helped. Then… — Daniel Goleman
You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the… — Sean Connery
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. — Tom Lehrer
Some people believe that the nuclear bomb should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since it scared the major powers away from war by equating… — Steven Pinker
Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could figure out how we could reduce our motions and thus hurry through… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
In the political jargon of those days, the word "intellectual" was an insult. It indicated someone who did not understand life and was cut off… — Milan Kundera
How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied--or, for that matter,… — Kevin Brockmeier
And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is gift and a… — Ray Bradbury
You know how I think they choose people for Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The European and the North American consider that a book that has been awarded any kind of prize must be good; the Argentine allows for… — Jorge Luis Borges
Greatness is won, not awarded. — Guy Kawasaki
George Stigler Nobel laureate and a leader of Chicago School was asked why there were no Nobel Prizes awarded in the other social sciences, sociology,… — Robert Kuttner
My first reaction on being awarded the Nobel Prize was, actually, I thought of Fischer Black, my colleague. He unfortunately had passed away. And there… — Myron Scholes
Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged. — Kat Edmonson
Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so China.… — Martin Jacques
The era during which only governments could put hardware on the Moon is coming to an end. There are 26 private teams competing for the… — Seth Shostak
The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. — Najib Razak

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