Nobel Quotes · Page 9

There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design.

— Michele Bachmann

People who get Nobel prizes aren't necessarily the most imaginative of people. People who sometimes find a system, develop a system, do…

— Aaron Klug

We [Corbis] make it so easy to call up images, whether art or people or beaches or sunsets or Nobel Prize winners.

— Bill Gates

“Nobel intentions have no real meaning to them if you don't do it solely for you. Do it to satisfy your soul,…

— Kendal Rob

It's impressive that a man [Dalai Lama], on the day after his Nobel Prize was announced, in October, 1989, said to me,…

— Pico Iyer

Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak…

— John Steinbeck

On hearing the news [of being awarded a Nobel Prize], a friend who knows me only too well, sent me this laconic…

— Max Perutz

I think there is a huge difference between writers who have very big sales, and writers who have small sales. Even writers…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

The [Nobel] award [of Bob Dylan] is no affront to literature; it is an insult to pop music. It is a condescending…

— David Bennun

When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect — but do not believe him.…

— Linus Pauling

The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.

— Betty Williams

One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.

— Naguib Mahfouz

I should pay attention to what I know and not talk more just because I won a Nobel Prize.

— Jean Tirole

It would be beautiful to photograph the winners of everything from Nobel to booby prize, clutching trophy, or money or certificate, solemn…

— Diane Arbus

Sorry, I didn't squat and grease myself and be naked next to Kim Lard-ashian. I mean, no matter what you do -…

— Judy Tenuta

As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Before modern feminism, stories of female ambition were silenced or erased; even now, they are told with apology ("Yes, it's a great…

— Harriet Lerner

No vegetarian has been able to achieve a single Nobel prize. It is a clear-cut condemnation of vegetarianism. Why do all the…

— Rajneesh

And yet the Nobel Prizes, in singling out individuals, have done a great deal of good in pointing up to the world…

— Willard Libby

My co-winners, Peter Diamond and Christopher Pissarides, and I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation…

— Dale T. Mortensen

Having a Nobel Prize or being a famous scientist will get you a week to a week and a half, metaphorically speaking,…

— Michael Shermer

Harkening back to a story about my grandfather, I was lucky to attend a great high school in New York, Bronx High…

— Lewis Schiff

Possess the "Nobel Factor": Possess and constantly demonstrate optimism, faith, and hope. They create choices. I am reminded of an ancient Chinese…

— Warren G. Bennis

After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!"…

— Barack Obama

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple…

— George Wald