Top 17 Quotes by Rita Levi-Montalcini

About Rita Levi-Montalcini

These are some quotes by Italian author Rita Levi-Montalcini Scientist, who lived between April 22, 1909 and December 30, 2012.

My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.

My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely.

My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.

The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

The four of us enjoyed a most wonderful family atmosphere filled with love and reciprocal devotion. Both parents were highly cultured and instilled in us their high appreciation of intellectual pursuit. It was, however, a typical Victorian style of life, all decisions being taken by the head of the family, the husband and father.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize.

If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain, and of the influences exerted upon us by the environment and whoever takes care of us during the long years of our physical, psychological and intellectual development.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

After centuries of dormancy, young women... can now look toward a future moulded by their own hands.

After centuries of dormancy, young women... can now look toward a future moulded by their own hands.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

A child from the age of 2 or 3 absorbs what is in the environment and what generates hatred for anyone perceived to be different.

A child from the age of 2 or 3 absorbs what is in the environment and what generates hatred for anyone perceived to be different.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

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