Here in Egypt excelling is possible if people admit to themselves that they are prepared to persevere & excel in their field of work ...Dr.Farouk El Baz - NASA Scientist & GeologistThe word excellence is very important in medicine & science because excellence is like truth. It is immense . A scientist in medicine , doctors and even artists should search for excellence ...Sir Magdy Yacoub - Professor of cardiothoracic SurgeryI am the one intrigued by the impossible , I see the moon and jump high into the sky , whether I catch it or not should not matter, As my heart is already filled with joySalah Jahin - PoetI consider that my duty today is to give. I have been given very much and now I have to give to others what was given to meRatiba El-Hefny - Opera SingerYou can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is is wise by his questionsNaguib Mahfouz - Novelist & Nobel laureateOur traditions are lovely , we lack nothing and we don't imitate others ... we have our traditions which are precious to usOum Kalthoum - SingerOne cannot separate beauty from utility , the form from the material , the work from its function, man from his creative art.Ramses Wissa Wassef - Professor of Art and ArchitectureMy homeland , if I would leave you to Eternity , even in Eternity , Would I yearn for you.Ahmed Shawki - Prince of PoetsMy wish is that through the use of atomic energy , cancer treatment would be within the rich of the masses just as aspirin is.Sameera Moussa - Nuclear Scientistif I weren't an Egyptian I would have wished to ba an EgyptianMustafa Kamil Pasha - Journalist & Political FigureI am fortunate at this age to get the Nobel prize to use part of it to help young people get excited about Science ... with a particular focus on Egypt ... and I owe Egypt a lot to where I am now .Dr. Ahmed Zewail - Scientist & Professor of Physics