It is disappointing and embarrassing to the science profession that some Nobel Laureates would deliberately use their well deserved scientific reputations and… — David Douglass Copy Share Image
National Review once opined, many years ago, that, every year, the Nobel peace prize should go to the U.S. secretary of defense:… — Jay Nordlinger Copy Share Image
I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success, The Waste Land not figuring very… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Martin Buber suggested that evil prevailed because of the inability of man to imagine the real. Yet human beings do have that… — Bernard Lown Copy Share Image
I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
To me the Nobel Peace laureates should not be hosted by a State Department that is continuing with war, removing basic civil… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider. If I was offered anything like the Nobel Prize for… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I'm presently incarcerated. Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hah! "Attempted murder"? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
Hard work will get you a professorship or a BMW. You need both work and luck for a Booker, a Nobel or… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction. — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize is worth $1.5 million, but that's not the issue. Do the distinguished scientists who win the Nobel Prize need… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word 'dude.' 'Dude, these are isotopes.' 'Dude, we… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
The Swedish Academy of Sciences has seen fit, by awarding the Nobel Prize, to honour the method of producing ammonia from nitrogen… — Fritz Haber Copy Share Image
“I expect I will win one Nobel prize and I may end up eventually winning all categories.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Let's try to count the number of Nobel prize-winners that have emerged from scientific centres of excellence like the Weizmann Institute and… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
Concepts are vindicated by the constant accrual of data and independent verification of data. No prize, not even a Nobel Prize, can… — Stanley B. Prusiner Copy Share Image
About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by men. The… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
It is getting to the point where the mark of international distinction and service to humanity is no longer the Nobel Peace… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
