Oration Award

Famous quotes containing the words oration and/or award:

    “Almost any noble verse may be read, either as his elegy or eulogy, or be made the text of an oration on him.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “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)