#prize

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call. ↗

#expects #nobel #nobel prize #nobody #prize

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact. ↗

— Ernest Renan

#fact #full #little #mere #morals

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#being #book #booker #different #every

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#authority #be true #because #believed #central

Think of war as a game of Russian roulette. It is a game of chance with your life as the grand prize. ↗

— Ramman Kenoun

#game #grand #life #prize #roulette

The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me the honor and the privilege of representing you in the United States Senate. Now I'm running for the United State Senate for a simple reason, and that is...I want to win a Nobel Peace prize. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#explain #give #give me #here #honor

I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court. ↗

— Gabriela Sabatini

#any #be happy #centre #court #happy

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#nominated #paper #prize #pulitzer #times

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

— Jacob Bronowski

#flower #get #into #just #made

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. ↗