To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear.
If you're looking for friends when you need them...it's too late.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
If the metrics you are looking at aren't useful in optimizing your strategy - stop looking at them.
The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.