Life Achievement Award

Famous quotes containing the words life, achievement and/or award:

    “I smiled,
    I waited,
    I was circumspect;
    O never, never, never write that I
    missed life or loving.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Art—the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised.”
    —James Thurber (1894–1961)

    “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)