We cannot expect in the immediate future that all women who seek it will achieve full equality of opportunity. But if women are tostart moving toward…

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

If you ever have a new idea, and it's really new, you have to expect that it won't be widely accepted immediately. It's a long hard process.

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

The world cannot afford to lose the talents of half it's people if we are to solve the many problems that beset us.

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

New truths become evident when new tools become available.

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

The Nobel Prize gives you an opportunity to make a fool of yourself in public.

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

My crystal ball or intuition tells me that in the '80s the impact of RIA [radioimmunoassay] on the study of infectious diseases may prove as revoluti…

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

We must believe in ourselves or no one will believe in us.

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

We bequeath to you, the next generation, our knowledge but also our problems. While we still live, let us join hands, hearts and minds to work togeth…

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old.

- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow