24 Quotes by Sidney Altman

For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.

About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power.

It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.

The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.

Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis.

We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.

Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative tranquillity and in a land with a generous and forward-looking government.

The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old.