Award Nomination Female

Famous quotes containing the words award, nomination and/or female:

    The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.
    Robert Graves (1895–1985)

    In ancient times—’twas no great loss—
    They hung the thief upon the cross:
    But now, alas!—I say’t with grief—
    They hang the cross upon the thief.
    —Anonymous. “On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour,” from Aubrey Stewart’s English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)

    “Reason” in language: oh, what a fraudulent old female she is! I am afraid that we have not eliminated God because we still believe in grammar.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)