“I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.”

We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

It was like a new world opened to me, the world of science, which I was at last permitted to know in all liberty.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.

You will find that one special love that you know is right but for some reason just doesn’t last.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

Life is not easy for any for us.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

More and more, I feel the need for a house and a garden.

All that I saw and learned was a new delight to me.

Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.

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

Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it’s the biggest career decision you can make.

Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.

I feel like I’m really young and I’m only thinking about my career and continuing playing.

The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.

Feeling confident – or pretending that you feel confident – is necessary to reach for opportunities. It’s a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized.

I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.

This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I’ve worked with Robert Redford.