Awards Quote by John O'Keefe

To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all…

— Irving Langmuir

It is disappointing and embarrassing to the science profession that some Nobel Laureates would deliberately use their well deserved scientific reputations and hold themselves…

— David Douglass

The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is…

— Kenneth G. Wilson

The Nobel Prizes are much more than awards to scholars; they are a celebration of civilization, of mankind, and of what makes humans unique…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

— Marie Curie

“Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers. Further, it is truly international in scope. Any particular advance has been preceded…

— John Bardeen

The Nobel Prize is without doubt the highest honour, the most coveted honour, which can be bestowed on a scientist.

— Charles Glover Barkla

The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved.

— John Bardeen

It seems to me that the Swedish Academy of Science may be qualifying for the Nobel Peace Prize. It recognises no nationality; it discourages…

— Charles Glover Barkla

With the variety of fields within economics, broadly conceived and the increasing specialization of scholarly world, the award of a Nobel Memorial Prize honors…

— Simon Kuznets

It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of…

— Peter Agre

I thought the chances of becoming a Nobel Prize laureate were minuscule because there are so many other innovations and discoveries that happen almost…

— Joachim Frank