Nobel Quotes

221 Nobel quotes by 175 unique authors

Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy.… — Gagan Narang
As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only of… — Ernest Hemingway
I'm not sure what Al Gore did for peace. I don't think he have been high on my list for the Nobel Peace Prize. — Ron Paul
Dr. King's Nobel Prize had a more powerful transforming effect on him than I think he realized at the time. — Henry Louis Gates
When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to… — Richard Gere
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries. — Marie Curie
It's as great a part of the human adventure to invent things as to understand them. John Randall wasn't a great scientist, but he was… — Freeman Dyson
The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize. — Richard P. Feynman
When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being… — Seamus Heaney
The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart. — Aung San Suu Kyi
When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow. — Aung San Suu Kyi
I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work. — Joshua Lederberg
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. — Tom Lehrer
As soon as I got the Nobel Prize my back collapsed and I was in hospital. — Doris Lessing
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

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175 authors contributed a total of 221 Nobel Quotes, led by these top contributors: