The Academy award (n.) is given for the year's best campaign and accepted on behalf of a film.
The Academy award (n.) is always given to famous people because they make money for the producer. This is why those film makers outside the world do not win them.
The Academy Awards (n.) is the only place actors act well enough to actually deserve an Oscar; when they appear happy for the person they lost to.
The Academy Awards (n.) is a gold rush in dinner jackets.
The Academy Awards (n.) is two hours of sparkling entertainment packed into a four-hour show.
The Academy Awards (n.) is like having sex with someone on coke: it all starts out very exciting but, several hours in, you really just want them to finish.
An Award (n.) is applause compressed into an object you can put on a shelf
An Award (n.) is like a coin; local value given to a bit of base metal; but gold and silver will pass all the world over, without any other recommendation than their own weight.
An Award (n.) often gets one into disreputable company.
An Award (n.) is the badge of mediocrity.
Credit (recognition) (n.) is what a manager hands out instead of a raise.
Credit (recognition) (n.) goes to whoever presents the slide.
Credit (recognition) (n.) is generous in the meeting and scarce in the write-up.
Credit (recognition) (n.) is free to give away, which is exactly why it gets rationed.