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 regretted that his invention, dynamite, was converted to degrading use, hence his creation of the Nobel Prize, as the humanist… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“Allow me to pay this small tribute to you who taught so much to those of us who wanted to be writers… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I don't understand what it's all about or what's worth what, but if the people in the Swedish Academy decide that x,… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
That work led to the emergence of the recombinant DNA technology thereby providing a major tool for analyzing mammalian gene structure and… — Paul Berg Copy Share Image
In the 1970s, I did a Ph.D. with Fred Sanger in Cambridge who was in the process of inventing ways to map… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share Image
Arguably, my student status and perhaps my gender were also my downfall with respect to the Nobel Prize, which was awarded to… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
Research is the live heart of the scientific life ... Greatness of position, respect for past accomplishments, the Nobel Prize itself --… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
[I have] my own view about [Bob] Dylan's Nobel prize. Which is, I'm firmly in the Nay camp. I do think the… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports… — Gagan Narang Copy Share Image
The poor Geordies are in the process of being rebuffed by every sentient human being whose ambition in life is more than… — Rod Liddle Copy Share Image
I think the team that successfully puts together an economic and social policy framework for global full employment in decent working conditions… — Juan Somavia Copy Share Image
“To understand subjectivity in literary awards, think of these competitions as social media platforms and judging panels as their users. A book… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
People ask me often [whether] the Nobel Prize [was] the thing you were aiming for all your life, and I say that… — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
When Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize for Literature at the age of 88, she was the oldest person ever to receive… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
“Yunus, now a famous Nobel Prize winner, was invited to meet with the CEO of Adidas, who wanted to understand the concept… — Eric H.F. Law Copy Share Image
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. —NIELS BOHR,… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
I have said a lot of 'yeses' to lots of first-time film-makers. Lots, lots, lots. I admire them a lot, I respect… — Victor Banerjee Copy Share Image
“Churchill drank twice what I did if you could believe the accounts and he had just been awarded the Nobel Prize for… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I'm the least-educated person in my immediate family. My two other brothers have multiple advanced degrees, and I only have one. [...]… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
“Sir Peter Medawar, an eminent British biologist who received a Nobel Prize the same year as Macfarlane Burnet, defined a virus as… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
The discovery of DMT in the human body stimulated much less fanfare than did that of endorphins. Anti-psychedelic-drug sentiment sweeping the USA… — Rick Strassman Copy Share Image
I called my mother up when they announced the Nobel Prize, waiting until 7 in the morning. She said, "That's nice -… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
“The Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg has put the point sharply: “With or without [religion], you would have good people doing good… — John Corvino Copy Share Image
We three have never been very good chemists but we are gratified with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Peter Principle says… — Jacques Dubochet Copy Share Image
When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
The truth is that anyone, almost anyone, who receives the Nobel Prize has some indirect knowledge of one sort or another that… — James Rothman Copy Share Image
During my Ph.D. program, I became interested in the informational structure of markets that turned into the work on signaling, which was… — Michael Spence Copy Share Image
I do feel quite strongly about this that probably one of the things that unfortunately this age now to get a Nobel… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
With the coldest winter ever recorded, with snow setting record levels up and down the coast, the Nobel committee should take the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
As a Greek woman, the most important thing you can do in life is get married and have children. You could win… — Iris Smyles Copy Share Image
It's not only possible, but likely that the Nobel Prize in economics will go in alternate years to people who disagree on… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
Harkening back to a story about my grandfather, I was lucky to attend a great high school in New York, Bronx High… — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
Most of the ones [Nobel prizes] that have gone to Muslims have been peace prizes, and the [number of Muslims] who have… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“You know, if they ever gave a Nobel Prize for avoiding work, every year some white guy in Iowa would get a… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“The Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner Niels Bohr defined an expert as follows: ‘An expert is a man who has made… — Emma Sadleir 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
“i used schutzhund methods of training to teach the duck to attack on command. we went on a killing rampage that lasted… — Ellen Kennedy Copy Share Image
“You've got to commit to something. I'm not telling you it has to be your life's dream or that it'll get you… — Laura C. Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
![“[I have] my own view about [Bob] Dylan's Nobel prize. Which is, I'm firmly in the Nay camp. I do think the award is a category error, but that's not why. Not in itself. What bothers me is the perceived status of the categories. If pop lyricists were routinely considered for the prize as are…” quote by David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/david-bennun-25818_awards_i-have-my-own-view-about-bob-dylan-s-nob_2927909.jpg)
![“People ask me often [whether] the Nobel Prize [was] the thing you were aiming for all your life, and I say that would be crazy. Nobody would aim for a Nobel Prize because, if you didn't get it, your whole life would be wasted. What we were aiming at was getting people well, and the satisfaction of…” quote by Gertrude B. Elion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/gertrude-b-elion-38568_aim_people-ask-me-often-whether-the-nobel-pr_3182419.jpg)
![“I'm the least-educated person in my immediate family. My two other brothers have multiple advanced degrees, and I only have one. [...] Actually, now that I've got a Nobel Prize, I feel equal.” quote by Steven Chu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/steven-chu-15304_brother_i-m-the-least-educated-person-in-my-imme_1462297.jpg)
![“The Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg has put the point sharply: “With or without [religion], you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”120” quote by John Corvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/john-corvino-15517_doing-good_the-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-steven_1221670.png)
![“Most of the ones [Nobel prizes] that have gone to Muslims have been peace prizes, and the [number of Muslims] who have gotten them for scientific work is exceedingly low. But in Jews, it is exceedingly high.” quote by Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/336/richard-dawkins-115_gone_most-of-the-ones-nobel-prizes-that-have_1941862.jpg)
