Famous Quotes & Sayings

Doris Lessing

As soon as I got the Nobel Prize my back collapsed and I was in hospital.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize.

Sheldon Lee Glashow

I wish to thank the Nobel Foundation for granting me the greatest honor to which a scientist may aspire.

Tim Hunt

Winning a Nobel Prize isn't about being clever at all. It's about making... at least in physiology or medicine, it's about making discoveries, and you don't have to be clever to make a discovery, I don't think; it just comes up and punches you on the nose.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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

Kenneth Starr

He was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Luis Federico Leloir

The prestige of the Nobel Prize is such that one is suddenly promoted to a new status.

Omar Bongo

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!

Joe Klein

George W. Bush will surely deserve that woolliest of all peace prizes, the Nobel.

David Hockney

I don't value prizes of any sort.

Jim Crace

I've been very lucky with prizes. But the thing about prizes is that, when you talk about a prize-winning author, you can be talking about one that is well-regarded but doesn't sell any books.

Aristotle

Those who act receive the prizes.

Andre Agassi

My feelings are Yevgeny Kafelnikov should take his prize money when he is done here and go and buy some perspective.

George Bernard Shaw

Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.

Emily Saliers

The prize is always worth the rocky ride.

Alfred Bea

The $500,000 is the top prize in that game.

Goran Ivanisevic

My fines? I pay more fines than some guys' career prize money on the tour.

Pat Sajak

Once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep.

Chogyam Trungpa

You are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there - fully, personally, genuinely.

Jim Rogers

Where's a group that really deserves something? Veterans.

Terry Lickona

We've always known there was a reason to keep all these original masters. We've never erased a single tape from any show we've ever done. We've just about run out of space to store these tapes, but they've turned out be gems. We're proud of these old shows and we think they deserve to be seen by new generations of fans and people that have been fans all along.

Jesse Segall

When it comes down to a trial, we're going to try go get people down to support him. He's one of the nicest kids ever. He deserves our support.

Tony Meola

We're going to find out Sunday night if we deserve to be in the playoffs. It's not a sprint here. We've had all year and if you deserve to be in the playoffs in this league, you're going to be. There's no mistakes over 32 games.

Tom Stoppard

Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.

Frank Carven

We're looking for this to be done expeditiously because 230 people who passed away in July 1996 deserve it. We as family members deserve it. And the flying public deserves it.

Lance Williams

We had 11 penalties last week. We are going to talk about mental discipline. I don't think that we deserve a lot of those (penalties). Jos Holt is just quick on the ball.

Evgeni Nabokov

We got what we deserved. We did not play well and we did not deserve to win.