Sunita Williams Quotes

Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success - I don't have a standard.

When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that.

I'm not one who's big on accolades and all those things. I did my job and I'm proud of what I did and how I did it.

Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.

My son gave me the permission to accept my success.

I am beyond blessed and humbled to be named the Paul Hornung Award winner.

All these years, when someone praised my work, I would feel lucky.

When they announce who I am and what I've achieved, I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?

You mustn't take any award so seriously.

I don't value prizes of any sort.

I think anytime you get nominated for an award, it's a very humbling thing.

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

Awards don't really mean much.

My mother thinks I'm a national treasure. She's the only one who thinks my Golden Kela award is the greatest gift ever.

It means a lot in my business and its a wonderful feeling to be recognized for what you have done over a lifetime, but I didn't go crazy. I still eat my cereal in the morning, have a sandwich in the afternoon, go to bed at night. You know, nothing really different.

I have not won far more awards than I have won.

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

Even if my film does well, you will not see me blowing my own trumpet. There is no time to sit and dwell on whether it's done well or not done well.

Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.

I might be more satisfied seeing my friends really come up than myself. I'm really happy for my success, but I can't really see it, because I'm myself working. You can see it; everyone around me can see it.

1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too.

I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!

The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.

I'm really proud of Twilight. I think it's a good movie. It was hard to do, and I think it turned out pretty good. But I don't take much credit for it. So when you show up at these places, and there's literally like a thousand girls and they're all screaming your name, you're like, why? You don't feel like you deserve it.