The [Nobel] prize is for literature.[Bob] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize comes from outside, it's a social recognition [reconnaissance] in a way. And I think a true artist is driven… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
'Reach for a (cigarette) instead of a sweet' - ...advertising slogan..(of) Albert Lasker, (with) Mary Lasker, health philanthropist, and originator of the… — Ralph W. Moss Copy Share Image
There is only one positive role of the Nobel prize--it creates some common way to understand a writer. I cannot say, that… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits:… — Alfred Nobel Copy Share Image
The solemnity of the annual Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm with the cheerful bad taste of the grand opening of a shopping center… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
Desire is something very egoistic. If you desire something, you also have to take the consequences of that. You have to study… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
There is a responsibility that goes with winning the Nobel Prize, and the responsibility is that if you have a forum, you… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize is fine, but the drugs I've developed are rewards in themselves. — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
If you wanted to, it would be easy to find some crappy lyrics [of Bob Dylan] from the Eighties to undermine the… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I thought in my Nobel Lecture I pointed that I was delighted that the Swedish Academy of Science did not quote anything… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
The person who wins the Nobel Prize is not the person who read the most journal articles and took the most notes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My favorite way to wake up is to have a certain French movie star whisper to me softly at two-thirty in the… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote… — Stanford Moore Copy Share Image
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, Elie Wiesel is also the author of more than 40 books. As relevant as anything… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of… — Alva Myrdal Copy Share Image
Science is the quintessential international endeavour, and the sterling reputation of the Nobel awards is partly due to the widely-perceived lack of… — John O'Keefe Copy Share Image
I am a Nobel Peace laureate and my business should be to try to bring stability, not to be a red rag… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If you're reading something from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist next to some guy in his underwear writing in his basement, or his… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For that, one has to drop all the masks, one has to risk many things, particularly respectability. That is a bribe by… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image