Nominated Quotes

You want to win. Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win. - Chris Kirkpatrick

You think of 1,500 kids in the whole country. Just to be nominated is quite an honor. - Mike Surber

You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations, Phil Gramm would have been nominated in '96. - Joseph Lieberman

You know those award shows. The cliche is that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that happens to be true. Whoever wins it in the end, I don't know, sometimes it feels arbitrary. Sometimes it feels like it's deserving. - Hank Azaria

You hope for the best, but it's really OK if you don't win. They say it's just nice to be nominated, and it really is. - Tyler Christopher

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy. - Michael Beschloss

Who is it they would not have nominated? - Al Gore

While we saw growth in most ad categories at The Times, it was not sufficient to offset the expected decline in studio entertainment advertising, as the studios provided less support to Oscar-nominated films compared with last year. The [Boston] Globe also saw weakness in entertainment advertising and, in addition, travel advertising. - Janet Robinson

While the stronger yen threatens to eat into the profits of exporters, it's also attracting foreigners by increasing their dollar-denominated return. - Yutaka Miura

While not predictive of award night winners, search data on the nominated movies provides us with unprecedented insight into what is on the minds of US Internet users. - Bill Tancer