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

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.

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all; and for that I am especially grateful.

Thanks to the high standing which science has for so long attain and to the impartiality of the Nobel Prize Committee, the Nobel Prize for Physics is rightly considered everywhere as the highest reward within the reach of workers in Natural Philosophy.

There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.

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

The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees.

I've always felt that the Nobel Prize gives me nothing as far as science is concerned.

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

The tremendous honour of the Nobel Prize is of the strongest incentive to me in my work, while the amount of the Prize will greatly simplify my task and provide me with much valuable help in my work.