“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
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
My first reaction on being awarded the Nobel Prize was, actually, I thought of Fischer Black, my colleague. He unfortunately had passed… — Myron Scholes Copy Share Image
“In New Guinea, they had a disease called kuru, transmitted by eating the brains of their enemies.” “That’s not true.” “Gajdusek won… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
In addition to my comedic sensibilities, I also have a love of science. I think that it would be nice if, by… — Charles Fleischer Copy Share Image
“Francis Crick, who won the Nobel Prize for helping to discover the structure of DNA molecules, proposed in 1973 that life may… — Wayne A. Grudem Copy Share Image
I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with the same regularity, I have not modified… — Jose Saramago 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
There are kind of two kinds of awards you can get as a scientist. One is Nobel-like in character: it's for one… — Sandra Faber Copy Share Image
Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (…) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a… — Denys Johnson-Davies Copy Share Image
“Ladies and Gentlemen, I stand before you now because I never stopped dawdling like an eight-year-old on a spring morning on his… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to a writer in terms of how it affects your contracts, the… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“I envy all authors who command words on paper. I do not. My English is simple, my gramma is flawed, so why… — Mikkel Skipper Copy Share Image
“I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or… — Harold Urey Copy Share Image
“WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I was so girlie and ambitious, I was practically a drag queen. I wanted to be everything at… — Susan Jane Gilman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Winning the Nobel Prize does not automatically qualify you to be commander in chief. I think George Bush has proved definitively that… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
If the double helix was so important, how come you didn't work on It? Ther husband, Linus Pauling, when the Nobel Prize… — Ava Helen Pauling Copy Share Image
“Work as if you'll earn a Nobel Prize. Give regardless of your wallet's size. Laugh until tears roll from your eyes. These… — Joan Marques Copy Share Image
“As was the case for Nobel's own invention of dynamite, the uses that are made of increased knowledge can serve both beneficial… — Nicolaas Bloembergen Copy Share Image
I was absolutely convinced that I wouldn't win the Nobel Prize. My impression was that the Nobel Prize in Literature was given… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I cannot forget that the Nobel Prize for Peace was also a commission - a commission to work harder than I had… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In 1903, I finished my doctor's thesis and obtained the degree. At the end of the same year, the Nobel prize was… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Marie Curie is in a class all her own as the first female winner and still the only person to win the… — Donna Strickland 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
My monetary studies have led me to the conclusion that central banks could profitably be replaced by computers geared to provide a… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Science was blamed for all the horrors of World War I, just as it's blamed today for nuclear weapons and quite rightly.… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
We suppose that could be considered a hedged position for the awards committee, one that would never occur in the hard sciences… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
“Obituaries are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives. I defy you… — Charles Wheelan Copy Share Image
“Whever we experience a pain or a loss... we usually bounce back. Sometimes even stronger. That's called "resiliency." Why can we do… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
The absurdity of public-choice theory is captured by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in the following little scenario: "Can you direct me… — Linda McQuaig Copy Share Image
The Yeas are relatively uniform. They view [Bob] Dylan as one of the greatest artists of his or any era, who deserves… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King really was a safety valve for white people. Any time it appeared that the black community was on the… — Ernie Chambers Copy Share Image
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![“It's impressive that a man [Dalai Lama], on the day after his Nobel Prize was announced, in October, 1989, said to me, "I really wonder if my efforts are enough?" Most of us, if we just won the Nobel Prize, would think this is vindication, or at last there's a chance for Tibet. He's the rare…” quote by Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/pico-iyer-1252_chance_it-s-impressive-that-a-man-dalai-lama-on_1766880.jpg)
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