Nature and Science may reject you but you still can get a Nobel prize

At least this wonderful collection of success stories (by Nikolai Slavov) without the Nature - Science pathway prove the statement: you don't need to publish to not perish. You can even end up getting a Nobel prize.

My favorite quote is from the PCR guy:

Kary Mullis: I knew PCR would spread across the world like wild fire. This time there was no doubt in my mind: Nature would publish it. They rejected it. So did Science …  F*** them, I said