Zubin Mehta Quotes

Anyone can win the Nobel Prize if the scientist works hard on his research subject.

Is my science of a level consistent with other people who have gotten the Nobel? Yes.

When I came to Berkeley, I met all these Nobel laureates and I got to know that they were regular people. They were very smart and very motivated and worked very hard, but they were still humans, whereas before they were kind of mythical creatures to me.

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.

While my parents never had the time or money to secure university education themselves, they were adamant that their children should. In comfort and in love, we were taught the joys of knowledge and of work well done. I only regret that neither my mother nor my father could live to see the day I would accept the Nobel Prize.

Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during those years as they passed through Cambridge.

In 1995, I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has shown in my work and the recognition that it has paid to my past successes, convince me that I am not on the wrong track.

There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel prize - have a good idea and pursue it effectively.

My high school career was undistinguished except for math and science. However, having barely been admitted to Rice University, I found that I enjoyed the courses and the elation of success and graduated with honors in physics. I did a senior thesis with C.F. Squire, building a regulator for a magnet for use in low-temperature physics.

My brother has a Ph.D. in biochemistry, which I find so totally impressive.

I went to Cambridge University and was the first in my family to graduate.

As a child, I envisioned a career in the hard sciences. In sixth grade, I was buying college chemistry textbooks.

I had full rank scholarship to the University of Michigan, which anybody in the north will tell you, I don't know anyone that has had that at the University of Michigan, which tells you that I was a stand up student.

I am the child of Indian immigrants, both of whom have Ph.D.s and are college professors, and I'm an actor in Hollywood.

I was a good student. I started college at 16 years old and did okay.

I did graduate early and even received my master's degree in political science before I turned 22.

The chips fall into place, but the educational experience I had at Cal, second to none.

Getting a degree from Duke University is an amazing accomplishment for me.

I wanted to do my doctorate. I got honorary doctorates which made me feel very fulfilled.

We believe that Liberty will redefine what is considered an academically prestigious university in the future.

Universities which deliver high quality research and innovation will be an essential part of that future.

My parents did give me a lot of books - biographies of Marie Curie - and I did read them, because I was interested.

I'm very proud to tell you guys I have been accepted into Stanford University, one of the main institutions of learning and research in the world.

I believe it would demean Nobel Prizes if they were awarded to research students, except in very exceptional cases.