Adam Rickitt
Adam Rickitt

The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.

Alexander Grothendieck
Alexander Grothendieck

Fertility is measured by offspring, not by honours.

Ali Akbar Khan
Ali Akbar Khan

Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.

Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap

I was 16 when I got admission in Hans Raj College. I completed school when I was 16, so everyone in my class - Zoology Honours batch 92 - was 18, and I was often treated like a kid.

Bhuvan Bam
Bhuvan Bam

I chose commerce while at school, but didn't get admission for B.Com in any college, based on my marks. Hence, I decided to pursue History Honours, which I eventually graduated in, from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College.

Bhuvan Bam
Bhuvan Bam

My parents, specially my mom wanted me to pursue B.Com honours during my undergrad.

Bruce Grobbelaar
Bruce Grobbelaar

Liverpool manager Bob Paisley signed me from Crewe in 1981. We were the champions in my first season and I went on to win many honours.

Cody Fern
Cody Fern

When I was at uni, I got good grades and went on to do honours, but I kept thinking, 'I shouldn't be here.' Something just didn't feel right. When I finished, I decided that every decision I make from this day forward will be purely based on intuition, and I'm not going to fight that.

Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor

Tennis Canada nominated me a few years ago, and I did some research into it and realized it's one of the biggest honours you can have as a Canadian. I've seen the list of the people, and it's pretty special.

David Brainerd
David Brainerd

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.