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
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. – Marie Curie
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. – Marie Curie
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. – Marie Curie
When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl. – James Barrie