The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.
T. S. Eliot
It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000.
Klaus Kinski
I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.
Joshua Lederberg
They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before I popped off.
Doris Lessing
I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
Naguib Mahfouz
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's.
P. J. O'Rourke
Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.
Herbert Simon
Some people think the Nobel Prize makes you bullet-proof. I never had that illusion.
Wole Soyinka
I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!
Omar Bongo