Marie Curie Quotes

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.

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

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.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

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

You can only analyze the data you have. Be strategic about what to gather and how to store it

Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.

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

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

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.

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

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

Just remember you will find that one special love that you know is right but for some reason just doesn't last

We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.

I have the best husband one could dream of; I could never have imagined finding one like him. He is a true gift of heaven, and the more we live together the more we love each other.

Scientist believe in things, not in person

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

It's always good to marry your best friend.

I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

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

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.

Life is not easy for any for us.

If it takes a hundred years, it will be a pity, but I will not cease to work for it as long as I live.

When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken. Dust, the air of the room, and one's clothes, all become radioactive.

Stability can only be attained by inactive matter.

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

I was taught the method for advancement is not quick or simple.

The various reasons which we have enumerated lead us to believe that the new radio-active substance contains a new element which we propose to give the name of radium.

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

The sensitive plate, the gas which is ionised, the fluorescent screen, are in reality receivers, into another kind of energy, chemical energy, ionic energy... luminous energy.

My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we passed nearly all of our time together.

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

The way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

One can slide between poor and rich, the difference as slight as between paper and parchment, one voice and a choir, arms hanging by sides and a hug.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

The rare female scientist was depicted as masculine, coarse, ugly, careworn and industrious but making no significant contribution.

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

Love's language is imprecise, fits more like mittens than gloves.