Ada Yonath Men Quotations

My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.

I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.

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

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

Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.

I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist.