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.

Quote by Marie Curie

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The various reasons we have just enumerated lead us to believe that the new radioactive...

The various reasons we have just enumerated lead us to believe that the new radioactive...

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

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

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

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

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

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his...

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his...

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good...

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good...

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical...

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical...

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have...

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have...

It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work...

It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work...

Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness...

Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness...

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

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

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

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

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child...

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child...

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

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

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be...

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be...

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

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

Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting...

Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting...

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In...

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In...

I want someone that understands me and all of my complexity.

I want someone that understands me and all of my complexity.