Prize Quotes

710 Prize quotes by 586 unique authors

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. — Robert Hughes
It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and… — Frank B. Kellogg
The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart. — Aung San Suu Kyi
I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in… — Hedy Lamarr
I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition. — Annie Lennox
I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work. — Joshua Lederberg
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. — Tom Lehrer
As soon as I got the Nobel Prize my back collapsed and I was in hospital. — Doris Lessing
I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot. — Doris Lessing
The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune. — Doris Lessing
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit… — Abraham Lincoln
The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral. — James Russell Lowell
If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize. — Rita Levi-Montalcini
My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize. — Naguib Mahfouz
One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages. — Naguib Mahfouz
The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to… — Norman Mailer
As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive… — Murray Gell-Mann
I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word 'dude.' 'Dude, these are isotopes.' 'Dude, we removed your kidney.… — Demetri Martin
Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race. — Ian Mcewan
When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands. — H. L. Mencken
If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football… — Marilyn Monroe
I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and… — Haruki Murakami
The prize for ultimate inefficiency goes to America. We have built in so many checks and balances that our 'leaders' are the most thoroughly hogtied… — Nathan Myhrvold

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