44 Quotes by Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

A Culture based on superstitions will do worse than one based on scientific knowledge and rational thoughts

I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.

I began studying ribosomes as a postdoctoral fellow in Peter Moore's laboratory in 1978.

If I were to take an undergraduate chemistry exam, I would probably fail.

If you go to a second-rate place, and you are first-rate, it is very difficult to do first-rate work because you do not get that critical feedback you need for first-rate work on a daily basis.

It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.

We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.

There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.

I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?