Prize Award Ceremony

Famous quotes containing the words prize, award and/or ceremony:

    “Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me
    From mine own library with volumes that
    I prize above my dukedom.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “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)

    “No ceremony that to great ones ‘longs,
    Not the king’s crown, nor the deputed sword,
    The marshal’s truncheon, nor the judge’s robe,
    Become them with one half so good a grace
    As mercy does.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)