Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth Starr

He was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Omar Bongo

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!

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.

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.

Luis Federico Leloir

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

Helen Sharman

I had been lucky that my physiology is well suited to space training.

Rick Kaplan

It's a prize that's waiting to be taken,

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.

Mike Lorello

He tends to remind me about that a lot. You just have to roll with the punches around here.