Barry Marshall
Barry Marshall

Everything that's supposedly caused by stress, I tell people there's a Nobel Prize there if you find out the real cause.

Ben Bernanke
Ben Bernanke

The biggest downside of my current job is that I have to wear a suit to work. Wearing uncomfortable clothes on purpose is an example of what former Princeton hockey player and Nobel Prize winner Michael Spence taught economists to call 'signaling.'

Binyavanga Wainaina
Binyavanga Wainaina

Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize.

Bruce Beutler
Bruce Beutler

I grew up hoping that my father might win a Nobel Prize.

C. V. Raman
C. V. Raman

The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.

Christopher A. Sims
Christopher A. Sims

I think anyone who gets the Nobel Prize has to be a little bit embarrassed to be picked out when there have been so many people who have contributed.

Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker

Being on 'Bandstand' was like getting a Nobel Prize. From 3 o'clock in the afternoon until 5:30, nobody was on the street. They were watching 'Bandstand.'

Clive Granger
Clive Granger

I think it is true to say that I am not the first Nobel Prize winner in economics to have little formal training in economics.

David Grann
David Grann

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.

Demetri Martin
Demetri Martin

I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word 'dude.' 'Dude, these are isotopes.' 'Dude, we removed your kidney. You're gonna be fine.' 'Dude, I am so stoked to win this Nobel Prize. I just wanna thank Kevin, and Turtle, and all my homies.'