Nominees Quotes
26 quotes by 23 authors
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Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to…
— Gary Bauer
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I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.
— Emma Thompson
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I believe [filibustering judicial nominees] is in violation of the Constitution
— Saxby Chambliss
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It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having…
— John Jay Hooker
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In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office.
— Richard V. Allen
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I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think…
— Cate Blanchett
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This is for the writers. I want to thank all the writers. I especially want to thank my fellow nominees, because I worship you guys.…
— Diablo Cody
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When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and…
— Elena Kagan
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If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan…
— John Cornyn
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[Before introducing the nominees for best animated film] If you're at the awards party with the guys who made the Lego Movie, now would be…
— Neil Patrick Harris
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Research by Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh has found that, on average, Oscar winners live nearly four years longer than nominees that don't…
— David Brooks
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As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made up of party…
— Michael Beschloss
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To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year…
— Tony Shalhoub
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Every two years, one of the most hotly contested elections in Texas is the poll taken among members of the capitol press corps to determine…
— Molly Ivins
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Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of…
— Richard V. Allen
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I have always made commercial music. The people who vote for the Grammy nominees are mostly in their 40s and have other jobs or are…
— Al Walser
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I believe strongly that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test.
— John McCain
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Senator Obama voted against Justice Breyer and Justice Roberts on the grounds that they didn't meet his ideological standards. That's not the way we should…
— John McCain
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No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it comes…
— Orrin Hatch
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The fact that in the last 10 years only five of the 40 Turner Prize nominees have been painters tells you more about curators than…
— Charles Saatchi
Who Wrote These Nominees Quotes
23 authors contributed a total of 26 Nominees Quotes as follows: