Nobel Quotes

221 quotes by 175 authors

Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds of my anonymity,… — Wole Soyinka
About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by men. The late Kenyan Nobel… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him in… — Edward Abbey
There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design. — Michele Bachmann
Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak like a grateful… — John Steinbeck
I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As the… — Wangari Maathai
I give the president credit for at least one thing. He's proven that someone can deserve a Nobel prize less than Al Gore. — Tim Pawlenty
I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive it (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked,… — Mother Teresa
The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do. — Betty Williams
In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of society, nor the… — Shirin Ebadi
Why it's been left to me to smooth things over, I don't know. Dennis Rodman, of all people. Keeping us safe is really not my… — Dennis Rodman
If I don't finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something's seriously wrong, — Dennis Rodman
As I noted in my Nobel lecture, an early insight in my work on the economics of information concerned the problem of appropriability - the… — Joseph Stiglitz
Thanks to the high standing which science has for so long attain and to the impartiality of the Nobel Prize Committee, the Nobel Prize for… — Guglielmo Marconi
When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of… — Frederick Sanger
My favorite way to wake up is to have a certain French movie star whisper to me softly at two-thirty in the afternoon that if… — Fran Lebowitz
That work led to the emergence of the recombinant DNA technology thereby providing a major tool for analyzing mammalian gene structure and function and formed… — Paul Berg
It would be beautiful to photograph the winners of everything from Nobel to booby prize, clutching trophy, or money or certificate, solemn or smiling or… — Diane Arbus
When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect â€” but do not believe him. Never put your… — Linus Pauling
I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for… — Ed McBain

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