Prizes Quotations

The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.

As an Englishman, permit me now to say with what pleasure I learnt of the election of Professor Planck and Professor Stark to the Nobel Prizes for the years 1918 and 1919.

Written in 1895, Alfred Nobel's will endowed prizes for scientific research in chemistry, physics, and medicine. At that time, these fields were narrowly defined, and researchers were often classically trained in only one discipline. In the late 19th century, knowledge of science was not a requisite for success in other walks of life.

I have written movies that won prizes at Cannes and Venice.

To advance science is highly honourable, and I believe the institution of the Nobel Prizes has done much to raise the prestige of scientific discovery.

The high esteem in which the Nobel Prizes are held is undoubtedly due to the conscientious way in which the Committees have discharged a heavy responsibility.

The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch of prizes and occasionally done some public good.

What man is there, surrounded though he be with the love of wife and children, who does not retain a memory of the romantic affection of boys for each other? Having felt it, he could scarcely have forgotten it, and if he never felt it, he missed one of the most golden of the prizes of youth, unrecapturable in mature life.

Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.

When my life is stressful, my favorite game is called 'Pop It,' where you pop balloons and prizes fall out. It's a five-minute game that focuses my mind and gives me extra attention when I'm stressed.

The Nobel prizes memorialize Alfred Nobel's faith in the contribution that human thought, directed to science and art, can make to human welfare.

It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

I didn't do my work for money or prizes - only for the excitement of discovery.

I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution!

Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books.

I grew up in an age where women's tennis did not have similar prizes to men, and they played in complete obscurity, really, compared to the men's game.

Peace is not a matter of prizes or trophies. It is not the product of a victory or command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement.

In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.

What you want is the opportunity to work and an audience. Prizes after that are just a great big bonus.

When you come to a Bad to the Bone roping, you know the payout and prizes are going to be good.

May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to interpose for their welfare; that the education of children may no longer be to parent and master a lottery, in which the prizes bear no proportion to the enormous number of blanks.

Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bodies, such as the basic mechanism of memory or imagination.

I'd compare it to a bowl game in college football. We're giving out close to $1 million in prizes including trophies, jackets, cash prizes and a car.

(for which he won numerous critics' prizes and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe.

Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up.

We make fun of each other, but it is a group of friends, and we are not any more competitive than a fantasy football league. There are no prizes for winning, but people still want to win.

There is a perception that the Chinese started out downtrodden and abused in the 19th century and gradually rose to the top of society as model minorities, and you see them winning Nobel Prizes and getting into our best colleges. But it is not a linear progression. Things don't always get better.

My mother attended the local church, Saint Nicolas, and consequently, I attended that church and its Sunday School. My only prizes from the Sunday School were 'for attendance,' so I presume my atheism, which developed when I left home to attend university, although latent, was discernible.

Players should sign the back of their tickets and put them in a safe place. Then, be sure to check them closely; even if you don't win the jackpot, you might have won one of the eight other prizes in the game.

We are hoping the golf tournament will give us a strong start to the 2005 campaign. To make it fun and ensure its success, we've had several companies and donors step up with prizes as well as help in underwriting the steak dinner that follows.

Though while at South Kensington I took a few prizes in the National Competition, I did not get near to having a style of my own.

Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.

We have over 150 door prizes and anybody who participates in the races will receive a medal.

We have a ton of stuff again this year. There will be a lot of door prizes and another great meal this year.

We hope to be profitable later this year, because we keep increasing our prizes as we grow our user base.

We will accept entries up until the time of the show. The first 125 registrants will receive a goody bag. We always give prizes to the first 125 entries. Last year the prize was a collapsible cooler. This year the prize will be a Rend Lake Car Show cap.

We're also looking for people to donate prizes and $50 per hole sponsors.

There are no beauty prizes here. Successful football is what we want. I bet Werder Bremen wish they had won 1-0 in Europe.

Well that would be against policy unless they have some good reason for it being a security risk to sell and redeem prizes during afternoon hours and activity. We want to know names of those stores. We're going to have sales reps go out and talk to them to explain what is expected.

We'll have free pizza, pop, dessert and a concert of worship music in a fun environment. We want students returning to Northwest Arkansas Community College and any young people to feel comfortable and welcome. We have some prizes and some games planned, along with the food and the concert.

We have constellation prizes for all of the games. No one will go away empty handed.

Winning prizes is always a pleasure, and especially these because they come from your colleagues.

When my editor sent me the first two images of Joker's daughter, I was struck by how confident she looked despite her boney appearance and horribly scarred face. So I starting thinking, how did Duela gain such confidence in a world that prizes beauty?

Too often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress.

Dr. Pellegrino teaches by example and witnesses to the virtues he prizes in health care. He will bring to the Council wisdom, respectful discourse and a strong commitment to making health care work for the most vulnerable. All of us here at the Center have been receiving congratulatory phone calls and e-mail messages all week from friends and colleagues around the world.

I've been very lucky with prizes. But the thing about prizes is that, when you talk about a prize-winning author, you can be talking about one that is well-regarded but doesn't sell any books.

The winners of Nobel Prizes must be assumed to possess at least a modicum of imagination and sensibility, and it is therefore incredible that any of us should not experience at this time a veritable surge of emotion.

The sponsors made all the difference. Not only did they cover event costs but provided prizes for the student participants as well.

There are lots of contests that give away prizes and money, but we wanted a contest that would change someone's life.

This Skull and Bones-type group ... has at their discretion the chance to give out all kinds of prizes and gifts to those who've been nice to them during the year.

We'll have thousands of prizes to give away.

We wanted to take online gaming to a new level and allow people to experience an exciting journey into the seedy underbelly of society. In the real world crime does not pay, with Chronic 2005 we decided it should! We're offering prizes such as an Xbox 360 and even cash to the best dealers based on scores submitted online.

Off-the-cuff changes in the prizes certainly keep us on our toes, but what a great recruiting message. We really do enjoy treating our employees well.

Offering these prizes allows us to engage a lot of people we may not otherwise reach to solve technical problems that will help enable us to achieve the Vision for Space Exploration.

With our format, we try to make it fun for everybody. Most everybody walks away with two door prizes and fun day of golf.

One could imagine prizes in the billions of dollars based on considerations such as the prevalence and public health impact of the disease, the difficulty in developing its cure, and the capital investment required to achieve results.

All of NASA's prizes to date are for one-quarter million dollars or less. We expect these two challenges to be considerably larger.

Prize lists are out, and you're not on them? Nature of the world - means nothing. Prizes are a lottery.

Prizes add a really important mix to allow breakthroughs, because peer-reviewed research is typically focused on small, incremental advances.

Prizes and cash drawings are a great way to provide incentives for players to keep playing. Not everyone wants to gamble. We're reaching a very broad market of online and mobile gamers who love to play games.

Prizes are given in the form of moo dollars they can redeem for prizes at the prize barn. We also have an Easter egg hunt, a rock-climbing wall and five blow up games like the Moon Walk.

Prizes change the public perception about an issue. The more prize money, the more the issue is seen as important by the public.

Prizes seem like a great resource for new poets and writers to judge themselves against their peers, but of course, they aren't judging themselves.

Saturday is Tartan day, we want people to wear everything Scottish. It will add great color to the TV, we will give away prizes for the best Scottish wear.

This shows that President Bush prizes legal philosophy above all else.

The United Way really appreciates the cooperation of Alexander Travel and Debbie Emery, the manager of Alexander Travel in Canton in making one of the top prizes a trip for two instead of a trip for one

You might point out to Howard Davies that he could get no better grounding in the game of hurling than to check out the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship Q/F featuring Birr against Lusmagh next Saturday evening, with the 'throw-in' at 4:30pm in Banagher. No prizes for guessing who you'll be shouting for.

I know the money is important, but, actually, the validation of your career that prizes give is what you really want. But the money is fabulous, too.

At any given moment, kids are more likely to be online than adults. Hackers know this and lure children with flashy pop-ups and fake prizes that are really malicious attacks intended to give the hacker control of the computer and access to personal information such as passwords and credit card numbers. I applaud Zone Labs for making an effort to help educate families about the dangers online.

Nobel prizes are very special prizes, and it would be great to get one.

It used to be that almost all innovation came from the U.S. and a small number of other developed countries. That's no longer the case, and as China and India grow, it's changing even more. Expect a lot more Chinese and Indian Nobel prizes in the future.

All prizes are monetary and range from $10 to $750.

It's wonderful. The speakers, such as keynote speaker (U.S. Sen.) Lamar Alexander, will speak, sign autographs, and we will have tables with various prizes such as the ones sent by presidential candidate John McCain.

Citations are an acknowledgement of intellectual debt - a direct demonstration of influence in a given subject area. Researchers who have accumulated such credits from their peers are also often nominated for prizes and other honors, such as the Nobel Prize.

Gamers will compete for cash and prizes totaling more than $2 million simply by playing versions of their favorite skill-based games.

The great esteem in which the Nobel prizes are universally held is due to the fact that for several generations they have been given purely on scientific merit and not through lobbying and politicking. I do hope that it will stay this way, and the prizes will never be given according to the number of votes in live TV contests!

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and magazines. That hasn't had a big impact on my life yet.

The cash prizes should bring in some top runners. And we've got some really interesting trophies this year. The elite runners should be pleased.

These prizes would accomplish this by drawing attention to the importance of the hydrogen revolution.

It's more like a family reunion. I think most would come whether we're giving away prizes or not.

Every one is free to become whatever he can make of himself; free to transform himself from a rail splitter or a tanner or a canal-boy, into the nation's President. Our aristocracy, unlike that of Europe, is open to all comers. Wealth, position, influence, are prizes offered for energy; and every farmer's boy, every apprentice and clerk, every friendless and penniless immigrant, is free to enter the lists.

It's like going to the Olympics for circus. ... This is such a special opportunity ... with international competition and prizes for acts.

They gave out cash prizes to the pro swimmers. There were Olympic athletes and college ones. They were from all over. They were high-caliber athletes.

There were 55 winners of prizes valued up to $1 million in Lotto's Christmas promotion, 27 Winning Wheel winners, averaging $200,000 per win, including two players who spun and won $1 million each.

The prizes have some credibility, of course. And they do good work for the writer and for the publisher, by winnowing one book out of the pack.

We had the last laugh when captain Owen Durkin and (sponsor) Dan McAllister led us to the championship title. Our winning prizes were nice pink sports shirts.

We will award prizes for the Best Costume and Best Jump.... We will recognize the oldest and youngest jumpers as well as those who have traveled the farthest, have the most interesting stories and who are repeat jumpers. Three levels of jumping platforms, decorated in 1996 Olympic memorabilia, will provide opportunity to give height to the gleeful plunges into Lake Lanier.

Those prizes in Cracker Jacks are a joke. I once got a magnifying glass. It was so poorly made, ants were laughing at it.

I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world.

If I may take the liberty to speak for science at least, today his name and his prizes are without a peer in the world. He not only elevates science but he influences it as well.