In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes humankind laureate nobel
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. Desmond Tutu findgodheaven Change image and share on social
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. Desmond Tutu choosefamilygift Change image and share on social
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. Desmond Tutu bindhumanhumanity Change image and share on social
By the end of the millennium, despite the continuing excitement of the field, almost thirty years of a detour from chemistry to medical imaging began to pall, and I changed my focus to a field of chemical research, just in time for my past to catch up with me in the form of a Nobel Prize. All detours should be so productive! Paul Lauterbur begincatchchange share on social
When I climb into my car, I enter my destination into a GPS device, whose spatial memory supplants my own. I have photographs to store the images I want to remember, books to store knowledge and now, thanks to Google, I rarely have to remember anything more than the right set of search terms to access humankind's collective memory. Joshua Foer accessbookcar share on social
I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins thought I had demeaned myself by writing poetry for Hallmark Cards, but I am the people's poet so I write for the people. Maya Angelou apologybillycard share on social