Ada Yonath Quotes

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

I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist.

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

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

My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.