#award

The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and women who had never heard of the movies nominated for Best Picture. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#academy awards #anyway #awards #best #best picture

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#award #blame #criticism #discriminate #duties

In the first place, the preparation of the Nobel lecture which I am to give has shown me, even more clearly than I knew before, how many others share with me, often, indeed, have anticipated me, in the discoveries for which you have awarded me the prize. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#anticipated #awarded #before #clearly #discoveries

Also, I've already won all the awards. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#also #awards #i #won

I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#academy awards #asked #awards #because #charm

Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#did #discouraging #get #give #go

My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don't even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it's like awards don't mean anything. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#awards #even #first #friend #grammys

For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about what I've got to do and how I can contribute to the team. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#accomplishments #award #contribute #got #honestly

I'm a big, bombastic novelist and thrill-ride guy. I'm never going to win the National Book Award. ↗

— Seth Graham-Smith

#big #book #going #guy #i

I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show. ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#awards #correspondents #dinner #go #house