Donna Strickland Quotes

Radium was discovered by Madame Curie…. In defiance of the dogma that woman is inferior, public homage was rendered to Madame Curie in awarding her with the Nobel Prize.

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.

I think it's fair to say that the Nobel Prize is the highest honor any scientist or artist can achieve.

The Nobel Prize is without doubt the highest honour, the most coveted honour, which can be bestowed on a scientist.

It is very difficult to find appropriate words to say 'thank you' for an honour like the Nobel Prize. It is the supreme honour that a scientist can receive. Some of the giants in physics and chemistry have received this prize.

I was thrilled and amazed when I found out we won the Nobel Prize. The dedicated and talented women and men of the COBE team collaborated to produce the science results being recognized. This is truly such a rare and special honor.

There's so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether it's reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. She's been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.

Because many squid have brain nerve fibres that are hundreds of times thicker than those of humans, neuroscientists have long used them for research. These nerve fibres have led to so many breakthroughs in the study of neurons that many scientists joke that the squid should receive a Nobel Prize.

I was absolutely convinced that I wouldn't win the Nobel Prize. My impression was that the Nobel Prize in Literature was given to people more or less affiliated with, let's say, socialist ideas, and that was not my case.

I met Pierre Curie for the first time in the spring of the year 1894... A Polish physicist whom I knew, and who was a great admirer of Pierre Curie, one day invited us together to spend the evening with himself and his wife.

Being able to do what I do in the ring and out of the ring is evidence that I'm not from this world.

Jane Fonda was at the top of my list of women to meet and the only time I felt nervous about interviewing someone. She is one of the most dynamic women I have ever had the honor of talking to.

Michelle Yeoh is the biggest amazing female Asian star in the universe.

I feel unbelievably honored to be, you know, with Marie Curie and Goeppert Mayer. It's like, how can I be in the same breath as those three?

There's some aura about a Nobel Prize, there's a prestige, that gives me a responsibility that I didn't have before, that goes beyond my own work, as a spokesman for science.

Winston Churchill was like Winston Churchill because of his experiences in life.

To say I was near our president, performing at the Nobel Peace Prize... I think that's an amazing thing.

The Nobel Prize in Economics is an incredible recognition for the work that my students, colleagues and I have done over the years. We all worked hard, but we were also lucky that the financial applications were so important.

Lady Gaga is phenomenal. From the first day I met her, she was lightning in a bottle.

I've had signs I can play at the highest level.

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

Spike Lee's been doing it for a long time now. We're all standing on his shoulders.

My style icon has always been Sidney Poitier.

I wanted to be a female like Chyna, who broke boundaries and did things that were really special.

I was LeBron James before LeBron James.