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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent. Alfred Nobel Read Quote
Kant’s style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness. Alfred Nobel Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked. Alfred Nobel Read Quote
