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 is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girls requesting a signed photo of me. – Michael Phelps
I remain optimistic. What weve seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism. – Gijs de Vries