Alfred Nobel Professions : Chemist Born : October 21, 1833 Died : December 10, 1896 Browse All Authors Top 38 quotes by Alfred Nobel Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked. Alfred Nobel lines believe people Worry is the stomach's worst poison. Alfred Nobel stomach poison worry One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge. Alfred Nobel observation differences states The truthful man is usually a liar. Alfred Nobel truthful liars men I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food. Alfred Nobel misanthrope idealist philosophy Kant's style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness. Alfred Nobel heavy style reason The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked. Alfred Nobel government war country I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent. Alfred Nobel benevolent misanthrope It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected. Alfred Nobel ethics respect order The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and me, and struck some on an anvil to show that only the part touched by the hammer exploded without spreading. Alfred Nobel hammers war father For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent. Alfred Nobel biographies impossible writing I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz. Alfred Nobel buzz biographies science The savants will write excellent volumes. There will be laureates. But wars will continue just the same until the forces of the circumstances render them impossible. Alfred Nobel impossible writing war I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English. Alfred Nobel now-and-then purpose writing We have to understand the mechanisms, so we can selectively provide good therapy, we can't avoid DNA damage. We live in a world where we get exposed to DNA damaging agents all the time. Alfred Nobel science On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops. Alfred Nobel will day horror army It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not. Alfred Nobel he prize worthy wish Justice is to be found only in imagination. Alfred Nobel only imagination found justice Similar Authors Auguste Laurent chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann chemist August Kekule chemist Ascanio Sobrero chemist Antoine Lavoisier chemist Antoine Bechamp chemist All Authors