Aspect Quote by Vaclav Havel

It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of…

— Peter Agre

“I expect to be awarded the Nobel prize for researching what professional astronomers did not want researched.”

— Steven Magee

“One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread…

— Mouloud Benzadi

The Nobel Prize, so long regarded in our science as the highest reward a man's work can earn, must bring to its recipient a…

— Anonymous

Scientists cloister themselves away from the rest of society, happy just to receive their next grant. They lose their connection to a purpose.

— Neil Turok

It is disappointing and embarrassing to the science profession that some Nobel Laureates would deliberately use their well deserved scientific reputations and hold themselves…

— David Douglass

Science is the quintessential international endeavour, and the sterling reputation of the Nobel awards is partly due to the widely-perceived lack of national and…

— John O'Keefe

Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from…

— Sharon Stone

I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are…

— Yuri Milner

The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved.

— John Bardeen

The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is…

— Kenneth G. Wilson