Quotes About Prize

I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.

Everything that's supposedly caused by stress, I tell people there's a Nobel Prize there if you find out the real cause.

seventy-two moves to a draw, a prize specimen of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object, a battle without armor, a war without blood, and as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find anywhere outside an advertising agency.

How do I pack my rucksack? More like a gambler than a minimalist. I am not someone who likes solving puzzles. Because I never leave anything I might want behind, I first pack anything that falls into my hands. Then as if looking for a prize, I put in a hand, rummage about and pull objects out at random until the rucksack reaches the correct weight. With this process I always have sufficient spare clothing.

She wore a loose bathrobe that covered up a body that would have won first prize in a beauty contest for cement blocks.....She had a voice that made pearl harbour sound like a lullaby.

In Australia the Man Booker is sometimes seen as something of a chicken raffle. I just didn't expect to end up with the chicken.

any rational privateer would have long since scuttled southwards until the weather improved. No prize could be boarded in this. By

It was possible, she thought, that she had won the race to reach the end of civilization. There was no prize. Obviously.

A van drew up in the centre of St. Helen's Square and disgorged several people dressed as zombies. The zombies proceeded to chase the men who were dressed as condoms. The condom men didn't seem very surprised, as if they were expecting to be chased by zombies. ("They pay for it," Bertie said.) Was this fun? Viola despaired. It was possible, she thought, that she had won the race to reach the end of civilization. There was no prize. Obviously.

It is perfectly reasonable to despair of a world where the Nobel Committee gives the Peace Prize to a man running a war.

I'm hugely honored [with the Man Booker Prize].

I hold that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life's set prize.

My mom took me to a dog show and I won!!

A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned.

"If I had been on 'Bowling for Dollars,' I'd wind up owing them money."

It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.

I love the big fights. Obviously you can't fight just for the money but the money is nice.

Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money.

The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.

Being rich is an untalented artist's consolation prize.

Street League Skateboarding is the premier professional skateboarding league in the world, with the biggest prize money in history.

On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me.

On Economic Nobel Prize 2014: I see one of my daughters is on Skype with me from London and in fact it is actually quite moving for the whole family of course.

When Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize, she was asked, "What can we do to promote world peace?" She answered "Go home and love your family.