"A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale."

"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…"

"We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained."

"The older one gets, the more one feels that the present moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of grace."

"I am a woman, and I have done the work of a man."