Academy Quote by Charles Glover Barkla

It is my express wish that in awarding the [Nobel Prizes] no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the…

— Alfred Nobel

I don't understand what it's all about or what's worth what, but if the people in the Swedish Academy decide that x, y or…

— Richard P. Feynman

Science is the quintessential international endeavour, and the sterling reputation of the Nobel awards is partly due to the widely-perceived lack of national and…

— John O'Keefe

I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has…

— Pieter Zeeman

There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.

— Barry Marshall

When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up…

— Seamus Heaney

The Swedish Academy of Sciences has seen fit, by awarding the Nobel Prize, to honour the method of producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen.

— Fritz Haber

The Oscar seems to have been confused with the Nobel Peace Prize.

— Janet Maslin

We've always created stuff to go beyond our Swedish borders. I think we've always wanted to be noticed - to be known outside of…

— Johan Renck

I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing my high appreciation of the honour extended to me many years ago by the Royal…

— Guglielmo Marconi

“I came to speak ill of Swedish engineering, and so diddled myself out of a Nobel Prize.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

— John Bolton