Acceptance speech Quote by Nicolaas Bloembergen

As was the case for Nobel's own invention of dynamite, the uses that are made of increased knowledge can serve both beneficial and potentially…

— Nicolaas Bloembergen

Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands…

— Pierre Curie

Increased knowledge clearly implies increased responsibility.

— Nicolaas Bloembergen

Alfred Nobel regretted that his invention, dynamite, was converted to degrading use, hence his creation of the Nobel Prize, as the humanist counter to…

— Wole Soyinka

If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us…

— Anonymous

The higher knowledge, the higher responsibility

— Muhammad Ahkam A

Knowledge is the source of Wealth. Applied to tasks we already know, it becomes Productivity. Applied to tasks that are new, it becomes Innovation...

— Peter Drucker

“Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences,…

— Baha'u'llah

“It can even be thought that radium could become very dangerous in criminal hands, and here the question can be raised whether mankind benefits…

— Pierre Curie

“Knowledge alone benefits no one unless the person acquiring it does something with it. And great ideas are worthless unless they are implemented.”

— Brian P. Morgan

Knowledge increases in proportion to its use; that is, the more we teach the more we learn.

— H. P. Blavatsky

“Acquiring knowledge through the centuries has influenced human society more than all other factors.”

— Eraldo Banovac