Marie Curie

Physics Polish-French 1867 – 1934 208 quotes

Pioneer in radioactivity, first woman to win Nobel Prize

Quotes by Marie Curie

More and more, I feel that people must find a way of living amidst this world’s staggering riches. - Marie Curie

Writing

First principle: never to let one's subject get cold. - Marie Curie

Autobiography

Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are our lessons. - Marie Curie

Letter

The way of progress is neither swift nor easy. - Marie Curie

Speech

Science is the poetry of the intellect. - Marie Curie

Attributed

Work, work, work! That's the secret of success. - Marie Curie

Interview

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. - Marie Curie

Autobiography

After all, science is essentially international. - Marie Curie

Nobel Lecture 1903

The work was one of pure science. - Marie Curie

Nobel Lecture 1911

Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. - Marie Curie

Nobel Lecture 1911

It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science. - Marie Curie

Nobel Lecture 1911

There is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity. - Marie Curie

Nobel Lecture 1911

Each of us must work for our own improvement. - Marie Curie

Speech 1921

Share a general responsibility for all humanity. - Marie Curie

Speech 1921

Our particular duty being to aid those to whom we may be of service. - Marie Curie

Speech 1921

To gain the love and avoid the hate. - Marie Curie

Speech 1921

Humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries. - Marie Curie

Interview

Humanity needs dreamers, for whom the world is not enough. - Marie Curie

Writing

They discover because they seek and seek because they dream. - Marie Curie

Writing

Well, it has not been easy. - Marie Curie

Interview 1920