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Marie Curie

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Who is Marie Curie? The quotes below are the best introduction we can offer. The range of their thinking — from Science to Life — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 10 quotes from Marie Curie, each offering a different angle on Science, Life, Women, Truth, and Time. As Marie Curie put it: "All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child."

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

— Marie Curie

Science

All Quotes by Marie Curie

“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.”

— Marie Curie

Fear

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”

— Marie Curie

Life

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

— Marie Curie

Nature

“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.”

— Marie Curie

Family

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

— Marie Curie

Science

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

— Marie Curie

Truth

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

— Marie Curie

Science