Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Pierre Curie

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French scientist Pierre Curie.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, and Henri Becquerel, "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel". With their win, the Curies became the first ever married couple to win the Nobel Prize, launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes.

French - Scientist | May 15, 1859 - April 19, 1906

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Radium could be very dangerous in criminal hands.

Pierre Curie

Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful.

Pierre Curie

Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.

Pierre Curie

It is important to make a dream of life and a dream reality.

Pierre Curie

It would be a fine thing, in which I hardly dare believe, to pass our lives near each other, hypnotized by our dreams.

Pierre Curie