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.

Once, when I tried to calculate the height of the balcony, I broke my arm. Another time, I wanted to see if water moves faster than kerosene. When my father came out to smoke, a fire broke out.

Once, when I tried to calculate the height of the balcony, I broke my arm. Another time, I wanted to see if water moves faster than kerosene. When my father came out to smoke, a fire broke out.

Ada Yonath

Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.

Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.

Ada Yonath

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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