Academy Quotes - Page 13

• And the art was in every corner and wall... a Mural of the Century of Progress in Colombia South America is rich in detail, painted by a student of the Fine Arts Academy of Chicago named Santiago Martinez; a name to remember.

  Santiago Martinez Delgado

  Art, Wall, Names

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• The whole awards thing is great. Why? Because the Golden Globes, the Academy Awards, they put a focus on the industry, and that focus translates into people buying tickets to see movies or download films, legitimately download them. And it keeps us all at work. So I'm a big fan of award shows.

  Liam Neeson

  Awards, People, Focus

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• Steve MCQueen created an entire family to tell one man's tale and I am delighted that so many of this family have also been recognised today. I am hugely grateful to the Academy for this great honour, and, of course, to Solomon Northup for sharing his story through his breathtaking book.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Book, Grateful, Men

  "'Dallas Buyers Club,' 'American Hustle,' 'Gravity' score top Oscar nominations" by Courtney Hazlett, www.today.com. January 16, 2014.

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• I'd rather win a pennant than an Academy Award

  Laraine Day

  Winning, Awards, Academy Awards

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• Philosophy had instructed Julian to compare the advantages of action and retirement; but the elevation of his birth and the accidents of his life never allowed him the freedom of choice. He might perhaps sincerely have preferred the groves of the Academy and the society of Athens; but he was constrained, at first by the will, and afterwards by the injustice of Constantius, to expose his person and fame to the dangers of Imperial greatness; and to make himself accountable to the world and to posterity for the happiness of millions.

  Edward Gibbon

  Retirement, Philosophy, Greatness

  Edward Gibbon (2016). “THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes): From the Height of the Roman Empire, the Age of Trajan and the Antonines - to the Fall of Byzantium; Including a Review of the Crusades, and the State of Rome during the Middle Ages”, p.1005, e-artnow

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• For the professors in the academy, for the humanities generally, misery is more amenable to analysis: happiness is a harder nut to crack.

  Ian Mcewan

  Nuts, Humanity, Cracks

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• Man’s usurpation over nature is an egotism that will destroy human as well as whale kingdoms. … Academies should return to wisdom study in tree groves rather than robot study in plastic cells

  Allen Ginsberg

  Men, Cells, Whales

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• It would much conduce to the public benefit, if, instead of discouraging free-thinking, there was erected in the midst of this free country a dianoetic academy, or seminary for free-thinkers, provided with retired chambers, and galleries, and shady walks and groves, where, after seven years spent in silence and meditation, a man might commence a genuine free-thinker, and from that time forward, have license to think what he pleased, and a badge to distinguish him from counterfeits.

  George Berkeley

  Country, Men, Thinking

  George Berkeley (1732). “Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues. Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion Against Those who are Called Free-thinkers ...”, p.216

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• ...I have come to make distinctions between what I call the academy and literature, the moral equivalents of church and God. The academy may lie, but literature tries to tell the truth.

  Dorothy Allison

  Truth, Lying, Church

  Dorothy Allison (2013). “Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature”, p.118, Open Road Media

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• In high school I was voted the girl most likely to become a nun. That may not be impressive to you, but it was quite an accomplishment at the Hebrew Academy.

  Rita Rudner

  Girl, School, Accomplishment

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• Now there are reports that Osama bin Laden would like to commit suicide on television. This is the kind of lead-in I have been praying for every since I came to CBS. Bin Laden is planning a televised suicide or, as I call it, hosting the Academy Awards.

  David Letterman

  Suicide, Awards, Television

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• It reflects no great honor on a painter to be able to execute only one thing well -- such as a head, an academy figure, or draperies, animals, landscapes, or the like -- in other words, confining himself to some particular object of study. This is so because there is scarcely a person so devoid of genius as to fail of success if he applies himself earnestly to one branch of study and practices it continually.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Animal, Practice, Honor

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• As a kid I watched the Academy Awards on television and always wanted one - or several - like one of my favorite directions, John Ford. He won six. On the other hand, Orson Welles, who's on the top of my list, didn't win any. Alfred Hitchcock didn't win any. Howard Hawks didn't win any.

  Martin Scorsese

  Kids, Winning, Awards

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I'd bring some eggs.

  Bjork

  Awards, Eggs, Input

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• I had no idea that such a thing could happen. It never occurred to me.My son told me. He called me and said, "Darling, I just wanted you to know that you have been chosen to receive an honorary Academy Award." I was in the back of this car, and I said, "Oh," and burst into tears, of course, because it was so unexpected and quite wonderful. I thought it's been worth hanging around all these years.

  Angela Lansbury

  Son, Years, Ideas

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.

  Bob Hope

  Thinking, Awards, Acting

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• Almost any fool can paint an academy picture, and any imbecile can shoot off a Kodak.

  Ezra Pound

  Imbeciles, Fool, Paint

  Ezra Pound, Harriet Zinnes (1980). “Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts”, p.156, New Directions Publishing

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• There's a big difference between the National Book Awards and the Academy Awards. At the Academy Awards you can feel the greed and envy and ego. Whereas the National Book Awards are in New York.

  Steve Martin

  New York, Book, Awards

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You might be a redneck if you have refused to watch the Academy Awards since Smokey and the Bandit was snubbed for best picture.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Redneck, Awards, Watches

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• Not everything's made to win an Academy Award.

  Samuel L. Jackson

  Winning, Awards, Made

  "The Snakes on a Plane Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• You ain't ever gonna get an Academy Award for doing 'Crank,' and you certainly won't for doing all the other movies I've done.

  Jason Statham

  Awards, Done, Crank

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• The Naval Academy is a very prestigious place, and I choose to try it. I got there and darn near didn't pass, just about flunked out the first year, but a commandant by the name of Bush Bringle managed to call me in one day and taught me more about leadership in about 15 minutes than I have learned in the rest of my life. And because of Bush Bringle I regained some faith and confidence in myself, learning I had a little bit more in me than I thought, and I went back to work and finished.

  Sam Smith

  Years, Names, Trying

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• I received my training at an art academy, so what I produce is art. That's what is artistic about my photographs.

  Thomas Ruff

  Art, Training, Photograph

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• I confess myself utterly at a loss in suggesting particular reforms in our ways of teaching. No discretion that can be lodged with a school-committee, with the overseers or visitors of an academy, of a college, can at all avail to reach these difficulties and perplexities, but they solve themselves when we leave institutions and address individuals.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Teaching, School, Loss

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2750, Delphi Classics

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• Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star.

  Bill Bruford

  Stars, Holding On, Tricks

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