Good Wishes Alone Will Not Ensure Peace.

Second To Agriculture, Humbug Is The Biggest Industry Of Our Age.

It Is My Express Wish That In Awarding The [nobel Prizes] No Consideration Be Given To The Nationality Of The Candidates, But That The Most Worthy Shall Receive The Prize, Whether He Be Scandinavian Or Not.

If I Have A Thousand Ideas And Only One Turns Out To Be Good, I Am Satisfied.

Good Wishes Alone Will Not Ensure Peace.

The First Time I Saw Nitroglycerine Was In The Beginning Of The Crimean War. Professor Zinin In St. Petersburg Exhibited Some To My Father And Me, And Struck Some On An Anvil To Show That Only The Part Touched By The Hammer Exploded Without Spreading.