Top 37 Quotes by Ada Yonath

About Ada Yonath

These are some quotes by Israeli author Ada Yonath Scientist, who was born on June 22, 1939.

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 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.

Ada Yonath

People are obsessed with my haircut; everyone wants to do something with my hair before the ceremony. Very senior figures tell me their hairstylist wants to do my hair for free. It's surprising. People from television are interested almost exclusively in aspects of my hair and my hairdresser.

Ada Yonath

The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors.

The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors.

Ada Yonath

Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.

Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.

Ada Yonath

Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could.

Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could.

Ada Yonath

There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function.

There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function.

Ada Yonath

For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.

For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.

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

At the end of the 1970s, I was a young researcher at the Weizmann Institute with an ambitious plan to shed light on one of the major outstanding questions concerning living cells: the process of protein biosynthesis.

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

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