I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests.… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
“For the admirable gift of himself, and for the magnificent service he renders humanity, what reward does our society offer the scientist?… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
“Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
The various reasons we have just enumerated lead us to believe that the new radioactive substance contains a new element to which we propose… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science,… — Marie Curie Copy Share
The sensitive plate, the gas which is ionised, the fluorescent screen, are in reality receivers, into another kind of energy, chemical energy, ionic energy...… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
In chemical terms, radium differs little from barium; the salts of these two elements are isomorphic, while those of radium are usually less soluble… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
In 1906, just as we were definitely giving up the old shed laboratory where we had been so happy, there came the dreadful catastrophe… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Pierre Curie voluntarily exposed his arm to the action of radium for several hours. This resulted in damage resembling a burn that developed progressively and required several months to heal. Henri Becquerel had by accident a similar burn as a result of carrying in his vest pocket a glass tube containing radium salt. He came to tell us of this… — Marie Curie Copy Share
I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
