“Americans are always mortified when I tell them this, but in England, it's a tradition to put your plaques and photographs and awards and gold records and stuff in your bathroom. I don't know why.” KnowsStuffRecordsTraditionGoldEnglandPhotographAwardsBathroom Author:Adele
“I got into medical school at the University of California in San Francisco and did well. A lot of smart kids in medical school, and believe me, I wasn't not nearly the smartest one, but I was the most focused and the happiest kid in medical school. In 1979, I graduated as the valedictorian and was honored with the Gold Cane Award.” BelieveWellsKidsSchoolSmartGoldUniversityFocusedMedicalCaliforniaAwardsBelieve In MeHonoredSan FranciscoMedical SchoolValedictoriansSmart Kid Author:Richard Carmona
“You are recognized by your bat. If you are the best hitting shortstop out there, that's how you win a Gold Glove. That's the way it is. It shouldn't be-it's a defensive award.” IfsWayWinningGoldAwardsHittingBatsGlovesShortstops Author:Jimmy Rollins
“It's blasphemous, don't get distracted by these lottery tickets and statues. It's just fake gold and plastic... We crying for votes but how many of us is on the board. Better yet, when's the last time you showed up and supported the NAACP Awards?” LastsCryGoldVoteFakeBoardsAwardsPlasticTicketsLast TimeStatuesDistractedLotteryLottery TicketNaacp Author:Nick Cannon
“Dramatically at first - that's how I handle emotional pain. If there were an award given for these moments, then I would have a mantle full of gold statuettes. Then I take stock and seek counsel from people I trust and talk myself into a state of reflection and remember that it won't last forever.” PeopleIfsFirstsStatesMomentsPainLastsRememberGivenForeverEmotionalReflectionGoldHandleAwardsEmotional Pain Author:Danielle Cormack
“10 years ago [in 2006], nearly 90 percent of those albums sold enough in that year to reach Gold status. 10 years later, about 30 percent were eligible. With the new rules, we figure about 40 percent of the top 200 best-sellers for the year will be eligible. We were very cautious in our approach to changing how we calculate what is eligible because the integrity of the process is our foremost consideration. It's difficult to get certified sales awards, and it's a big deal and we didn't want there to be a huge change in how many would be eligible.” WantYearsEnoughBigsWould BeProcessDifficultDealsFiguresHugeIntegrityApproachPercentYears AgoGoldAlbumsConsiderationAwardsBig DealCautiousSellersBest SellersHuge Changes Author:Cary Sherman
“Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.” RealRunningBornFriendshipFieldsBasketballGoldCompetitionDustAwardsStrifeAthleticGold MedalsAthletic AbilityAthletic CompetitionReal GoldGold Dust Author:Jesse Owens
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.” WritingPureGoldPurityAwardsMedalGold Medals Book:Oxford Addresses on Poetry Source: Oxford Addresses on Poetry