44 Quotes by Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Even the best scientists are often insecure and feel the need for recognition.

I cannot imagine a more enjoyable place to work than in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology where I work.

I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.

I was born in 1952 in Chidambaram, an ancient temple town in Tamil Nadu best known for its temple of Nataraja, the lord of dance.

Nobody has approached me about an offer to work in India. However, I can categorically state that if they did so, I would refuse immediately.

People go into science out of curiosity, not to win awards. But scientists are human and have ambitions.

Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.

Science today is a highly collaborative exercise, and to convert it into a contest, as the Nobel does, is a bad way to look at science.

There is no magical formula for winning a Nobel Prize.