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“I expect I will win one Nobel prize and I may end up eventually winning all categories.”

— Steven Magee

The Nobel prize is a fairytale for a week and a nightmare for a year. You can't imagine the pressure to give interviews, to…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I called my mother up when they announced the Nobel Prize, waiting until 7 in the morning. She said, "That's nice - and when…

— Steven Chu

“someday you're going to win the Nobel Prize for Being Incredibly Pedantic, and I'm going to be so proud of you.”

— John Green

“I can't say I'm overwhelmed with surprise. I'm 88 years old and they can't give the Nobel to someone who's dead, so I think…

— Doris Lessing

I'm never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature.

— David Eddings

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call

— Saul Perlmutter

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!

— Omar Bongo

The Nobel Prize gives you an opportunity to make a fool of yourself in public.

— Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

“Of course I'm excited about the Nobel. But I am passionate about my research. Passion is really important for anything you do; it's a…

— Michael Levitt

The Nobel Prize has been a disturbance at the beginning of October for some years. It would be gratifying to win, but it would…

— Peter Higgs