Author: Ada Yonath

Quotes

When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists.

When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists.

- Ada Yonath

I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.

I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.

- Ada Yonath

I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.

I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.

- Ada Yonath

My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study.

My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study.

- Ada Yonath

If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.

If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.

- Ada Yonath

It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.

It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.

- Ada Yonath

I don't distinguish between men and women. This is irrelevant to me, and I don't think in these terms.

I don't distinguish between men and women. This is irrelevant to me, and I don't think in these terms.

- Ada Yonath

During my time I had some very difficult years, and I had very pronounced competition, all by men.

During my time I had some very difficult years, and I had very pronounced competition, all by men.

- Ada Yonath

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