Best Prize Wisdom

710 Prize quotes by 586 unique authors

Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea — whether it’s… — Dan Ariely
When you don’t become fixated on winning the prize or appearing successful, and instead pursue your passions, then you will discover the fulfillment that comes… — T.D. Jakes
And yet the Nobel Prizes, in singling out individuals, have done a great deal of good in pointing up to the world as a whole… — Willard Libby
People who thought of my journey as a physical ordeal or an act of courage... missed the point. Courage and physical endurance were no more… — Ted Simon
This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will. — Stanford Moore
If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam. The world has nothing to bestow From our… — Nathaniel Cotton
I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize! — Omar Bongo
It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental… — Peter Agre
In the end the great truth will have been learned that the quest is greater than what is sought, the effort finer that the prize… — Benjamin Cardozo
Prize the natural spaces and shorelines most of all, because once they're gone, with rare exceptions they're gone forever. In our bones we need the… — Richard Louv
A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke. — Joshua Lederberg
Competition exists to choose who gets the prize when the prize can’t be shared. — Andrew Harvey
It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends, and it's not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to receive the Nobel… — George H. W. Bush
Liberty (individual freedom) is the prize, responsibility the price. — Unknown Author
The absurdity of public-choice theory is captured by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in the following little scenario: "Can you direct me to the railway… — Linda McQuaig
I can only answer that I tried to tell the truth and, if not be objective, at least be fair; history is not served when… — Randy Shilts
I realize I had to learn ... to stop chasing the perishable prizes of this earth ... and give my best effort unto God and… — Jeremy Lin
The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. It is the one calling… — William Booth
There are different kinds of fire; there is false fire. No one knows this better than we do, but we are not such fools as… — William Booth
Wut 's words to them whose faith an' truth On war's red techstone rang true metal; Who ventered life an' love an' youth For the… — James Russell Lowell
Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. The forces… — W. Edwards Deming
The Nobel Prize is given as a personal award but it also honors the field of research in which I have worked and it also… — Robert Hofstadter
The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords. — F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
I think they should continue the policy of not giving a Nobel Prize for paneling. — Jack Handey
I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap… — William McKinley

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586 authors contributed a total of 710 Prize Quotes, led by these top contributors: