About Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.

— George Bernard Shaw

Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite,…

— Alva Myrdal

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

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

The Oscar seems to have been confused with the Nobel Peace Prize.

— Janet Maslin

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 is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.

— T. S. Eliot

Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.

— Herbert Simon

I think it's fair to say that the Nobel Prize is the highest honor any scientist or artist can achieve.

— John O'Keefe

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

— John Bolton

There's plenty of ordinary Nobel laureates.

— Frances Arnold

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

— Betty Williams