38 Quotes by Ada Yonath

You can always try another approach; even change your subject when a scientific strategy or experiment fails.

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

People always talk about the implication and applications of a process, but for me, the goal is purely about knowledge. Knowledge can become practical today, in 20 years, or in 500 years. Ask Newton. He didn't know there would be space research based on his accident with the apple.

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

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

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.

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

I am against boycotts in general: boycotts against us as well as anything and everything that can be boycotted.

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