Awarded Quote by Shuji Nakamura

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.

— Richard P. Feynman

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

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

— Joshua Lederberg

When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common Ø› I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence

— Enrico Fermi

People who get Nobel prizes aren't necessarily the most imaginative of people. People who sometimes find a system, develop a system, do very useful…

— Aaron Klug

No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.

— Stephen Hawking

I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the Nobel Prize.'…

— Shuji Nakamura

I may not have got the Nobel Prize, but I've won countless other awards, including 'Most Inspirational Living Woman Scientist.'

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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

— John O'Keefe

Having a Nobel Prize or being a famous scientist will get you a week to a week and a half, metaphorically speaking, of a…

— Michael Shermer

As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to…

— Murray Gell-Mann

If the Nobel Prize was awarded by a woman, it would go to the inventor of the dimmer switch.

— Kathy Lette