When you are older you will understand how precious little things seemingly of no value in themselves can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.

I am thankful of course for the prize and thankful to God for each story each idea each word each day.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.

I would say stay the hell away from the party scene. Anything you put in front of your goal and especially something like that whether it's too much gambling too much food too much cold beers on the weekend - anything that you put in front of the prize is going to end up getting in the way and hurting you in the end.

My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter.

You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world.

May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to interpose for their welfare that the education of children may no longer be to parent and master a lottery in which the prizes bear no proportion to the enormous number of blanks.

We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth to let them know that they can experience their dreams can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration.

Most 'reality' shows aren't reality at all. They're game shows with no prize. Like 'Rock of Love.' His aren't genuine feelings. Then again Bob Barker didn't really care whether or not you won the toaster. Sorry to shatter everyone's dreams.

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

He's as cool as a prized marrow!

The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of beauty and I believe that Alfred Nobel must have felt much the same when he gave these prizes for literature and the sciences.

Of life's two chief prizes beauty and truth I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.

I always say I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans like up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.