"A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've……" — Joshua Lederberg
"A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke."
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- If the double helix was so important, how come you didn't work on It? Ther husband, Linus Pauling, when the… — Ava Helen Pauling
- A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought. — Stephen Hawking
- On hearing the news [of being awarded a Nobel Prize], a friend who knows me only too well, sent me… — Max Perutz
- My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to… — Tony Visconti
- Self-esteem is the prize awarded by you to you for playing by your own rules - in which case, you'd… — Terry Rossio
- The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is… — Walter Lippmann
- I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently. — Joely Fisher
- Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF — Anatoly Karpov
- I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China… — Jung Chang
- The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do. — Betty Williams
- It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the… — Joe Baca
- I hope the car they (Sport Magazine who awarded it to the World Series MVP) give him (Brooks Robinson) has… — Sparky Anderson