“We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.” ValuesProudBlameMeritPrize Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Thankfully, it is getting better for women composers. We now have five women Pulitzer Prize winners in music since 1983: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Shulamit Ran, Melinda Wagner, Jennifer Higdon, and Caroline Shaw. When Marin Alsop was asked what it felt like to conduct the Last Night of the Proms, she said, "I am exceedingly proud to be 'the first' but I am also a bit shocked that there can still be firsts for women in 2013!"” NightProudWinnerRanGet BetterPrizeComposerLast NightJenniferWagner Author:Barbara Harbach
“I'm ambivalent about the Orange Prize. I was really proud to be shortlisted alongside the other writers, whom I admire. That said, I don't know if it's best way of addressing gender inequality problems.” ProblemProudGenderAdmireInequalityPrize Author:Lauren Groff
“As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize.” FeelsFiguresProudHonorHumblePrizePhysicistTheoreticalNobelNobel Prize Author:Murray Gell-Mann