Frederick Banting Quotes

I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences very sincerely for the great honour they have done me. It is an honour so great that even yet it is difficult for me to believe that it is true.

The fans have been very nice to me and I might say that all those fans that Frank said went away is not so.

I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms.

I'm amazed that anyone is interested in what I have to say.

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

If young children boo me, that makes my day.

How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.

The fans treated me royally.

I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.

My father would have been impressed by Barack Obama's mind and style and grace of manner, as well as by - I'm certain - his abilities as a writer.

Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!

In case I should be blown up before I see you again, I want you to know that it has been marvelous to work for you.

Permit me also to express my great admiration of the thoughts expressed by you, with such eloquent simplicity & appropriateness, at the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.

I'm flattered that people want to hear me talk about nothing.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Wherever I go, the people respond positively to me; they give me respect.

There are moments when I invoke my dad and think about him on the podium, but in a very positive way. I don't feel at all intimidated by him. I feel like I've found my own voice.

The fans can either hate you or like you, and they either hated me or liked me, but they always remembered me. I'm very proud of that.

Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.

He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?

Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness.

When Chrissie Hynde was inducted into the Hall of Fame, I, of course, was there to see that because I have to back up the girl. When it was over, I said we needed to have a party for Chrissie in my hotel suite. I didn't really know her, but it was great.

One of the Arsenal players came up to me afterwards and said it had been an honor to be on the same pitch as me. I thought, My God, that is a great thing to say when your team has just lost.

Seek out a person whom you admire and respect for the support you need - that we all need from time to time.