Command Quote by Juan Somavia

I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management…

— Wangari Maathai

I must confess that if I had been consulted whether to establish a Nobel Prize in economics, I should have decidedly advised against it.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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

I believe it would demean Nobel Prizes if they were awarded to research students, except in very exceptional cases.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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

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

— John Bolton

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere.…

— George Wald

The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.

— Betty Williams

I think they should continue the policy of not giving a Nobel Prize for paneling.

— Jack Handey

The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

And yet the Nobel Prizes, in singling out individuals, have done a great deal of good in pointing up to the world as a…

— Willard Libby