Miles Davis Quotes

David Milch is one of the smartest human beings I've ever met. I'm relatively bright and relatively well-read. I'm not in a league with that guy.

When you score, you are a hero.

I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.

The winners of Nobel Prizes must be assumed to possess at least a modicum of imagination and sensibility, and it is therefore incredible that any of us should not experience at this time a veritable surge of emotion.

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling.

My Number 1 Award is going to go on my mantelpiece, and I'll probably kiss it for two weeks solid every time I pass it!

People love winners.

It was a great feeling to be named an All-Star starter, to know that my hard work is paying off and fans around the world are recognizing that.

Genius, with all its pride in its own strength, is but a dependent quality, and cannot put forth its whole powers nor claim all its honors without an amount of aid from the talents and labors of others which it is difficult to calculate.

Sometimes I stagger even myself with my genius.

Genius is intellect constructive.

I'm the leading scorer in the cup, and that's lovely, but don't forget this is also a great moment for the whole squad, when the two things coincide you can't ask for more.

I am proud of what I have got and I need an audience.

You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me.

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time.

I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in the medal than in me. I was like, 'Hey, what about me?'

Does getting an award make you happy? When you imagine yourself at the ceremony, you're always so eloquent and gracious. In reality, it's kind of awkward.

To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful.

People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.

I don't know if I expected to be a captain of an All-Star team. It's pretty cool.

Idolizing is a strong word, though. I'm happy that people respond well to the work I'm doing now. If anyone admires what I'm doing in any way, then I'm really proud of it.

Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.'

Nothing recedes like success.