Quotes About Recognition

I haven't won any prizes or had any best sellers.

Incentive prizes work.

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

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.

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

Now, I'm ahead of my father. He got other prizes... But he did not get a Nobel Prize.

Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film.

The process for awarding Nobel prizes is so complex that it cannot be corrupted.

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

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

Prizes are like butterflies, colorful butterflies that fly away. I don't believe in prizes much.

Yes, I've won prizes for putting words on a computer.

When I was a kid, I remember seeing Michael Jackson. I thought he was an alien. You don't grow up to be like Michael Jackson. I'm not saying I'm Michael Jackson, but Mercury Prizes are for aliens, basically. So I was very chuffed that I got nominated, and then I won.

I am not in England; I live in the Caribbean. So I am not hungover by prizes and awards because it does not happen very often.

You don't see black people winning Nobel prizes for physics or economics or any of the industries or institutions that shape the way the world operates.

I'm not sure that the culture of literary prizes is always a good thing, but while there are literary prizes, it's nice to be nominated.

I want to win Nobel Peace Prizes, as many Grammys as I can, Emmys, Golden Globes, VMAs, everything.

I was excited to be nominated for the Grammy, but prizes are a little strange.

I have a knack for winning prizes; it must be something Ive done!

It's an honor, really, to be a Pro Bowler.

I am the only player who has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and am the second-best player in my family.

I want to make Pro Bowls, do all the great things.

Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years.

When I go back to NFL functions today, I feel a bit on the outside looking in. I played 13 years in the NFL, and I loved it - made a Pro Bowl and went to the playoffs - but I always felt like I was having to knock the door down to get in.