Marie Curie — "I did not come to France to make money. I came to France to study science."

"We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considere…"

"Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested …"

"The older one gets, the more one feels that the only thing that matters is to do one's duty."

"The scientist in his laboratory is not merely a technician, but also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales."

"My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we were not afraid of anything, even of the difficulties of a material existence."