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.

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

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

There is no magical formula for winning a Nobel Prize.

I wish I had my beta-blockers handy.

[Comment when told that he had won a Nobel prize, referring to the drug he discovered for the treatment of heart disease.]

I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones.