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)
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. (Marie Curie)
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. (Marie Curie)
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. (Marie Curie)
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)
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken. Dust, the air of the room, and one's clothes, all become radioactive. (Marie Curie)
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to who (Marie Curie)
In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons. (Marie Curie)
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)
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. (Marie Curie)
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. (Marie Curie)
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. (Marie Curie)
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. (Marie Curie)
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. (Marie Curie)
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)