Nobel Quotes

221 quotes by 175 authors

It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel. — Doris Lessing
The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune. — Doris Lessing
They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before… — Doris Lessing
If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize. — Rita Levi-Montalcini
I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of… — Wangari Maathai
My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize. — Naguib Mahfouz
One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages. — Naguib Mahfouz
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider… — Naguib Mahfouz
As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive… — Murray Gell-Mann
I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word 'dude.' 'Dude, these are isotopes.' 'Dude, we removed your kidney.… — Demetri Martin
I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought… — Sun Myung Moon
Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus. — Saul Perlmutter
Some people believe that the nuclear bomb should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since it scared the major powers away from war by equating… — Steven Pinker
If I found a cure for a huge disease, while I was hobbling up onstage to accept the Nobel Prize they'd be playing the theme… — John Ritter
The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me the honor and… — Marco Rubio
I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with the same regularity, I have not modified my habits, I… — Jose Saramago
When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy,… — Amartya Sen
Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important. — Herbert Simon
There must have been something in the air of Gary that led one into economics: the first Nobel Prize winner, Paul Samuelson, was also from… — Joseph Stiglitz
In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. — Desmond Tutu

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