Tribute Quotes

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
Oscar Wilde

Genius, Paid, Ridicule

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.
John M. McHugh

America, Nation, Lives

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Fulton J. Sheen

Jealousy, Genius, Mediocrity

There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.
Linus Torvalds

Good, Care, Works

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
Thurgood Marshall

Humanity, Ourselves, Pay

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
Jean de La Fontaine

Evil, Owes, Journalist

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead.
Marty Meehan

Work, History, Black

Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.
Gene Tunney

Heart, Exercise, Regarded

I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Fulton J. Sheen

Time, Pay, Four

Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. And while we must never take this for granted, the first purpose of the European Union - to secure peace - has been achieved and we should pay tribute to all those in the EU, alongside Nato, who made that happen.
David Cameron

Peace, Freedom, Today

President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.
William J. Clinton

Strength, President, Security

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.
Sammy Davis, Jr.

Him, Violence, Worst

It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than that. But I think it's a - very special tribute that we all owe to the bravery and courage of the men and women in the intelligence and military business who performed so well to finally get it done.
Dick Cheney

Women, Men, Courage

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.
Queen Elizabeth II

Good, Smile, Kindness

One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
Tom Peters

Human, Saying, Cannot

I tried to pay some small tribute to A Man and a Woman (1966) with the recurring musical theme.
Dwight Yoakam

Woman, Small, Pay

At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute.
Al Yankovic

Bad, Point, Realize

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.
Etta James

Artists, Songs, Original

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
Willie Stargell

Silent, Season, Teammate

I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
Nanci Griffith

Time, Give, Pay

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
Quincy Jones

The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.
J. William Fulbright

Country, Citizen, Criticizes

My sister sometimes does a Todd Barry tribute act.
Todd Barry

Sometimes, Sister, Act

This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are properly understood and acknowledged.
Jerry Costello

History, Human, Community

An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.
Billie Burke

Work, Moving, Career

He's written some great songs. I thought that 'Blues Man' was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
Alan Jackson

Great, Thought, Perfect

Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!
John Piper

I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather.
Nik Wallenda

People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent.
Cesar Romero

Time, Nothing, Him

The opportunity to record the song came when Phil Collins' record label, Atlantic, was doing a tribute album to him and they asked all these different artists to do renditions of his songs.
Deborah Cox

Him, Different, Song

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