„The really clever thing, in affairs of this sort, is not to win a woman already desired by everyone, but to discover such a prize while she is still unknown.“

— Cesare Pavese
„Everyone said he was a fool.Everyone said she was a clever woman.They used the word ensnare.“
— Margaret Atwood
„The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end.“
— Sylvia Plath
„We should still expect to discover many unknown simple bodies; for example, those similar to aluminum and silicon, elements with atomic weights of 65 to 75.“
— Dmitri Mendeleev