Chicago Quote by Robert Kuttner

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

— Herbert Simon

It is a wonderful and unexpected honor to receive the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Receiving this…

— Michael Spence

There's plenty of ordinary Nobel laureates.

— Frances Arnold

There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.

— Barry Marshall

I was absolutely convinced that I wouldn't win the Nobel Prize. My impression was that the Nobel Prize in Literature was given to people…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

The Nobel Prizes are much more than awards to scholars; they are a celebration of civilization, of mankind, and of what makes humans unique…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

Written in 1895, Alfred Nobel's will endowed prizes for scientific research in chemistry, physics, and medicine. At that time, these fields were narrowly defined,…

— Peter Agre

Probably the only people left who think that economics deserves a Nobel Prize are economists. It confirms their conceit that they're doing 'science' rather…

— Robert J. Samuelson

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

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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

The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands.

— Philip Warren Anderson

The [Nobel] prize is for literature.[Bob] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is where it…

— David Bennun