There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
It was like a new world opened to me, the world of science, which I was at last permitted to know in… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
The various reasons which we have enumerated lead us to believe that the new radio-active substance contains a new element which we… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I shall devote only a few lines to the expression of my belief in the importance of science it is by… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
This means that we have here an entirely separate kind of chemistry for which the current tool we use is the electrometer,… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Pierre Curie came to see me and showed a simple and sincere sympathy with my student life. Soon he caught the habit… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
The death of my husband, coming immediately after the general knowledge of the discoveries with which his name is associated, was felt… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Sometimes my courage fails me and I think I ought to stop working, live in the country and devote myself to gardening.… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
When radium was discovered, no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
All my mind was centered on my studies, which, especially at the beginning, were difficult. In fact, I was insufficiently prepared to… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
“For the admirable gift of himself, and for the magnificent service he renders humanity, what reward does our society offer the scientist?… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
The various reasons we have just enumerated lead us to believe that the new radioactive substance contains a new element to which we propose… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
The sensitive plate, the gas which is ionised, the fluorescent screen, are in reality receivers, into another kind of energy, chemical energy, ionic energy...… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
In chemical terms, radium differs little from barium; the salts of these two elements are isomorphic, while those of radium are usually less soluble… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
In 1906, just as we were definitely giving up the old shed laboratory where we had been so happy, there came the dreadful catastrophe… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Pierre Curie voluntarily exposed his arm to the action of radium for several hours. This resulted in damage resembling a burn that developed progressively… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
