As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's.
People don't realize that molecules themselves are somewhat hypothetical, and that their interactions are more so, and that the biological reactions are even more so.
Never will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment.
In a world of growing food demand, Africa is home to two-thirds of the world's unexploited arable land.
It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.
Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bodies, such as the basic mechanism of memory or imagination.
The big value of the founder running the company is really two things: the knowledge and the commitment.
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences.
The particle and the planet are subject to the same laws and what is learned of one will be known of the other.
There is a responsibility that goes with winning the Nobel Prize, and the responsibility is that if you have a forum, you should use it wisely.
When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world.
I feel a deep emotion and pride for the honor of having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1992.
Dr. King's Nobel Prize had a more powerful transforming effect on him than I think he realized at the time.
The scope of material I can work with is not limited to the set of things that we inherit from nature.
No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.
It is high time that the Arab world's professed desire for peace is matched by responsible action, and not more of the same equivocation.
Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.
Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.
Every time new technology is introduced, especially involving reproduction, you get the 'yuck' effect.
