Quotes About Honors

Confucius said,—"If a State is governed by the principles of reason, poverty and misery are subjects of shame; if a State is not governed by the principles of reason, riches and honors are the subjects of shame.

Art indeed in our day has taken on so many honors and emoluments that the recognition of its importance is more than a custom, has become on occasion almost a fury: the line is drawn--especially in the English world--only in the importance of heeding what it may mean.

I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things.

If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

Para un general romano, los honores supremos eran el Triunfo y el título de imperator. En la época republicana, este último era un título que otorgaban las propias tropas a un general victorioso.

I had never thought that so many people would know me, will talk about me, and most of all, I will be given a National Award.

The United States deserves nothing but love and adoration and gold medals left and right and peace prizes left and right, things we never get.

There is a reward structure in science that is very interesting: Our highest honors go to those who disprove the findings of the most revered among us. So Einstein is revered not just because he made so many fundamental contributions to science, but because he found an imperfection in the fundamental contribution of Isaac Newton.

When I was an MP, I worked at the department where we gave honors to people from the arts world, I was quite keen.

It's nice to get any awards, whether it's lifetime achievement or the Keith Richards award for being alive one more year.

I have such respect for... the Kennedy Center Honors. To be an artist in America and to be honored for it is extraordinary. In Europe, they really honor their artists. And you are on a very high level. And here it's not as revered as it is in Europe or Russia or anywhere in the world.

I don't need any accolades. I don't like being famous. But I can always tell people I used to defend guys like Kevin Durant, and they respect my defense.

A knighthood would be a bit too much. An OBE or an MBE or whatever they are called, one of those would be more elegant.

I can't imagine being in an All-Star Game, knowing that you're among some of the best of the best.

I have actually five honorary degrees.

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

Awards are for young people. They just are.

Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth.

I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to the Hall of Fame and taking tours of it. I just never thought about that one day I possibly might be in it. I think it'd be great.

Winning five titles in a year is amazing, and I'm happy I was part of that, and I'm happy that I was able to lift those trophies and carry the Canadian flag with pride. I think that everything that came with 2020 was special to me.

I have won a few trophies in my time but I have never had a major event name their trophy after me.

I have a trophy case at home.

Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.

By the way, all the major awards that I have won are for so-called commercial movies.