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I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winning Structural Biologist

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.

— Georg W.H. Hegel, German philosopher

It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.

— Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher

Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.

— Abraham Lincoln, Former US President

If you find yourself in a fair fight, you should reexamine your tactics.

— John Steinbeck, American Author

Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

— Socrates, Greek Philosopher 

I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent. 

— Rahul Dravid, Former Indian cricketer

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

— Jane Austen, English Novelist

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

— Niels Bohr, Danish physicist
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