High achievements demand some other unusual qualification besides an unusual desire for high prizes. George Eliot
It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes. Bob Woodward
Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven - of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best. Euripides
Well I don't know how many pounds make up a ton, Of all the nobel prizes that I've never won, And I may be the mayor of simpleton, But I know one thing, And that's I love you. Andy Partridge
He who prizes little things is worthy of great ones. German Proverb
He is the world's master who despises it, its slave who prizes it. Italian Proverb