Prize Quotes

710 Prize quotes by 586 unique authors

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
All I can say is what you already know: some days are treasure. Not many, but I think in almost every life there are a… — Stephen King
She’s the kind of person who either dies tragically at twenty-seven, like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, or else grows up to win, like, the… — John Green
I’ve never had any objection to appearing depraved or villainous. But I draw the line at looking like a prize idiot. — Lisa Kleypas
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed. — William James
I prize the Depression, for instance, because I learned the value of things in the Depression that a way people who don't have to worry… — Shelby Foote
It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all prizes are those connected with the home. — Theodore Roosevelt
The old system where every child was locked away and set into nonstop, daily cut throat competition with every other child for silly prizes called… — John Taylor Gatto
School presents daily exercises in dis-association. It forces unwelcome associations on most of its prisoners. It sets petty, meaningless competitions in motion on a daily… — John Taylor Gatto
Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an… — Saul Bellow
The rule in our society is that while those who kill once make wretched a single person are severely punished, those (heads of state, inventors,… — Philip Slater
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
Enjoy the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach… — Joseph Hopkinson
There's definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It's a nice gift, but there's a lot of wrapping and… — Bill Murray
Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months… — Vicki Baum
God is most glorified in us when our knowledge and experience of Him ignite a forest fire of joy that consumes all competing pleasures and… — Sam Storms
Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas? — Isaac Watts
Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science. — John F. Kennedy
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me… — Laozi
Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out… — Harold Prince
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
I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize. — Jane McGonigal
Nobody loves the Boston Marathon as much as the people who make fun of it year after year. This was the race that previously offered… — Charlie Pierce
You would be amazed at the number of doors a Nobel Prize opens. — Elie Wiesel
When we faced a possibility here in New York of chemical and biological attack, three days after September 11, I called in all of the… — Rudy Giuliani

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