Top 275 Nomination Quotes & Sayings

When I was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president back in 1995, 1996, I advocated the fair tax.

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

[Donald] Trump wanted the nomination, and all these other Republicans and their supporters didn't want Trump to have the nomination. So who became the villains? What Trump wanted became the story. "Will he get it? Will Trump get to 1,237?" Did not Ted Cruz become a villain in the middle of this by virtue of trying to stop the hero by getting delegates in all of the state conventions?

My first Grammy nomination? I was 24 - I was nominated for best new artist of the year.

The Emmy nomination did a world of good for my confidence.

But might not his [the president's] nomination be overruled? I grant it might, yet this could only be to make place for another nomination by himself. The person ultimately appointed must be object of his preference, though perhaps not in the first degree. It is also not very probable that his nomination would often be overruled.

Eight years after Reagan's nomination for president, the conservative movement is directionless

The Sanders campaign showed that a candidate with mildly progressive programs could win the nomination, maybe the election, even without the backing of the major funders or any media support. There's good reason to suppose that Sanders would have won the nomination had it not been for shenanigans of the Obama-Clinton party managers. He is now the most popular political figure in the country by a large margin.

It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents.

If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination.

The nomination of John McCain is another milestone. So whether black, women, or bald, yes we can.

I feel that there are great minds up there who would like to see what I can do with an Oscar nomination. I guess many people would change after a nomination in the way they see things. In my case it's really irrelevant in terms of what I do. Still, it was an incredible experience which I will put in my memories, like everything else.

Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success.

Any chick that I handle, I teach ‘em patience. How not to win the award but be glad for your nomination.

She [Hillary Clinton] was always expected to win the Democratic nomination so I wouldn't be surprised if they picked those evenings .

The Ballon d'Or nomination is a good achievement for Pogba.

In 2000, Trump could have won the Reform Party nomination. I chaired his presidential exploratory committee.

Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

He sits beside the ranking Democrat Patrick Leahy who voted against Jeff Session`s nomination in that committee in 1986.

I think there's very many paths to a nomination, and they don't all necessarily go through the bloggers. I don't think we, as bloggers, are all important. I don't think that we can make or break a candidate. I think we are a component, we are a piece of a larger piece of a puzzle. And so, no campaign is going to be able to have it all. No campaign is going to have all the money it needs, or all the media it needs, or all the staffers it needs or all the blog attention it needs. They're going to have various pieces, and there's more than one way to get to the nomination.

I won't say I wouldn't be grateful and happy and delighted and thrilled to bits to receive a nomination. But I wouldn't be suicidal if it didn't happen.

If I'm fortunate enough to get the nomination of the Constitution Party, I will take as many votes from Obama as I would from the Republican nominee.

This Golden Globe nomination is sweet validation for the years of hard work it took to bring Coraline to life using stop-motion animation with the greatest crew of animators, artists, and technicians I've ever been privileged to work with. I share this nomination with all of them and we all share our thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press.

I think Hillary Clinton's nomination and I think Donald Trump's nomination, I think the media played decisive roles in both of them.

White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played any of them slave roles, and get my ass whipped. That's how you get the nomination. A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar.

I need a Grammy or a nomination. Just give me my nomination.

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination.

If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination, ... Hoffman has one.

When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job.

The Oscar nomination is the best marketing you can get.

In 2011, I earned a Tony nomination for my role in 'The Book of Mormon.'

Just take our name off the list. . . . The nomination is meaningless, because it's not voted on by the fans . . . .

For me, this nomination was as if all of a sudden the crucifix began to wear a yellow star.

I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois.

Tom [McCarthy] said to me, "Buddy, you got an Oscar nomination through that haircut! That's the real feat, man."

I was surprised to hear that I would receive an MBE and have no idea where the nomination originated but I'm incredibly grateful.

In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function.

No Republican has ever won South Carolina and Iowa or New Hampshire, as Trump has, without going on to win the nomination.

The difference today is that, in both parties, the very extreme elements control the nomination process.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., used the Kavanaugh nomination in 2018 as a springboard for her failed presidential campaign.

For my daughter, it's going to mean something special that Hillary Clinton accepts the nomination, and I wanted to make sure that she sees that.

The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right to decide upon its Propriety or Impropriety.

I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.

To win the nomination, you speak to people who vote in Republican primaries. And they tend not to be millennials or minorities... When I win the nomination and show up at a black church, they say, 'Where have you been Mr. Romney?'

That Republicans now control the Senate means, of course, that they control the confirmation process. Their majority enables them to stop an unacceptable nomination at various points: They can deny the nominee a committee hearing; they can vote the person down in committee; they can refuse to schedule a vote on a nomination sent to the floor; and the full Senate can vote to reject the nomination. The Republicans' majority status also strengthens their negotiating position with the White House, making it more likely that a mutually acceptable candidate will be chosen for a given seat.

A Supreme Court nomination and appointment is not a roving commission to rewrite our laws.

If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination

For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me.

My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

I am distressed when I see news channels saying 'Devdas' has let down the country by not getting an Oscar nomination.

You have to understand that for the most part in New York, whoever gets the Democratic nomination wins.

Securing the Republican nomination is an intricate series of steps that requires a comprehensive strategy.

I will not vote in favor of Senator Sessions' nomination for attorney general.

I was aware that my nomination was drawing a lot of attention, particularly in the Latino world, not just in Puerto Rico. It was touching.

Instead of wasting time on proposals which are difficult to forge consensus on, such as public nomination and party nomination, it's better to focus the discussion on how to form the nominating committee and the nomination process.

Any Democrat who squirms on the tax-cut issue in the primaries has no chance ' zero ' to win the nomination. Each will have to take the “pledge” to oppose the Bush tax cuts. Thus, Bush will have succeeded in creating a situation where anyone who can win the nomination can't win the election. Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.

I only think that awards are important to everybody and if not that, a nomination serves as a recognition and a positive drive to do better work.

God willing, even I might scrape a nomination.

If no one can do that, yeah, Donald Trump better man the lifeboats, because there's some significant chance he'll win the nomination.