Honorary Quotes

I love Scotland – I was made an honorary Wallace after my work on ‘Braveheart,’ you know. If I have two or three days off, I love nothing more than driving up there and climbing around Glencoe.

I was named honorary woman of distinction 2007 for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, and I have recently become involved with Save the Children‘s Make Time for Change.

I’m an honorary old Jewish lady of the West Village.

It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.

I am the proud and humble recipient of more than 30 honorary doctorate degrees.

I grew up in the North–East so identifying with mountain people – their simplicity and honesty – comes naturally to me. I even call myself an honorary Garhwali.

I have more than 100 honorary Ph.D.s.

Being given the honorary rank of brat is the armed services‘ way of saying thank you to us kids for having grit too. They understand that when one member of a family joins the military, the whole family bears the weight of their service.

I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.

It turns out that a Nobel is also followed by other recognitions, and perhaps the most unexpected of these is that the Japan Karate Association in Tokyo has now made me an honorary 7th-degree black belt, something that, given my athletic abilities, is even more unimaginable than being an Economic Sciences Laureate.

Wherever there are rock ‘n’ rollers, we’ll play. That’s what we’ve been doing for more than 30 years – rock ‘n’ roll. It’s made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.

I’m vice chairman of the American Wild Horse Protection Association and honorary chairman of the Wildlife Federation.

I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.

Joe Dugan, who was my roommate on the Yankees, was an honorary pallbearer, too. He was standing next to me as they were carrying the Babe down the steps of St. Pat‘s Cathedral here in New York. There must have been 5,000 people standing around on the sides of the street, and it was tremendous.

Shortly after Senator Eugene J. McCarthy died in 2005 the age of 89, I became an honorary member of the committee starting a fellowship in McCarthy’s name at his alma mater, Saint John‘s University in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Let’s say honorary favorite New Yorker is John Lennon, and favorite real New Yorker is Biggie, because he’s the best.

Martin Scorsese was being given an honorary doctorate, and one of the tutors asked if there was a student film he particularly liked. He mentioned our film. There was a dinner after the final show just for the tutors, but I was smuggled in to meet Scorsese over dessert.

I grew up in the North–East so identifying with mountain people – their simplicity and honesty – comes naturally to me. I even call myself an honorary Garhwali.

I’ve been in all kinds of various arrangements of chain of command, and I was very comfortable – and everybody was – and I think the music shows that. I’m an honorary Foo Fighter, I guess. Or alumni or something. I’m proud to be one.

I’ve been in all kinds of various arrangements of chain of command, and I was very comfortable – and everybody was – and I think the music shows that. I’m an honorary Foo Fighter, I guess. Or alumni or something. I’m proud to be one.

I just got an honorary degree from Glasgow University, and I had to wear around very painful shoes so that I didn’t laugh all the way through the ceremony because I felt like an outlaw.

I wanted to do my doctorate. I got honorary doctorates which made me feel very fulfilled.

In 2007, I was given the humbling privilege of being made an honorary member of the United States Marine Corps in recognition of my visits to troops during the Iraq War.

I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.

It turns out that a Nobel is also followed by other recognitions, and perhaps the most unexpected of these is that the Japan Karate Association in Tokyo has now made me an honorary 7th-degree black belt, something that, given my athletic abilities, is even more unimaginable than being an Economic Sciences Laureate.

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.

I am thrilled to return as Honorary Captain of the GREEKs for HBCUs Team. I reflect fondly on my days at Florida A&M University, and how visible and active all of the sororities and fraternities were. Membership in Black Greek letter organizations on college campuses is preparation for a lifetime of service.

Let’s say honorary favorite New Yorker is John Lennon, and favorite real New Yorker is Biggie, because he’s the best.

I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don’t think I’d be a comic now if it hadn’t been for that.

I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.

I’m vice chairman of the American Wild Horse Protection Association and honorary chairman of the Wildlife Federation.

I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

It’s pretty exciting. An honorary doctorate of the arts. It doesn’t get any better.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don’t think I’d be a comic now if it hadn’t been for that.

I wanted to do my doctorate. I got honorary doctorates which made me feel very fulfilled.

I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that utterly functionless capacity. We Humanists behave as well as we can, without any rewards or punishments in an Afterlife.

JR was a 1-dimensional, evil character. JR was multi-dimensional, and Larry Hagman is probably one of the greatest actors that we have. Then, you go back and look at ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ – I mean, he’s a comic genius, as well. So, I think they should give him an honorary Emmy Award.

I’m a Leo, with an Aquarian mid-heaven, so I can be mistaken for an Aquarius. My Sun-Uranus conjunction in Leo makes me an honorary Aquarian anyway.

I have actually five honorary degrees.

There was an immediate connection with the Bay Area from when I first came out years ago. Somehow, I always knew there would be. They embraced me as a sort of honorary San Franciscan for some reason.

I’m an honorary old Jewish lady of the West Village.

It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.

Joe Dugan, who was my roommate on the Yankees, was an honorary pallbearer, too. He was standing next to me as they were carrying the Babe down the steps of St. Pat‘s Cathedral here in New York. There must have been 5,000 people standing around on the sides of the street, and it was tremendous.

I’m married to an American, and although we live in Europe, I think of myself as an honorary American.

Kevin Kline is an honorary Brit.

I’ve won some awards. ‘Time’ magazine designated me as one of the environmental heroes of the 20th century. Oh, and I’ve got some honorary citizenships, like from the Conch Republic of the Florida Keys. But the one thing I am proud of is I didn’t get the Chevron environmental award. Never did get that one.

I have actually five honorary degrees.

I’m a ‘tweener,’ man! I couldn’t march with Dr. King and them. And I’m too old to be a hip-hopper. But I’ve been granted honorary status in each generation… I see my tongue as a bridge over which ideas can travel back and forth.