Used Microscope Quotes by Randy Schekman

Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for individuals but damaging to…

— Randy Schekman

The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.

— Randy Schekman

I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.

— Randy Schekman

Our cells engage in protein production, and many of those proteins are enzymes responsible for the chemistry of life.

— Randy Schekman

It's actually a very unpleasant experience to read a Nature paper, or to read a Science paper.

— Randy Schekman

I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked.

— Randy Schekman

When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.

— Randy Schekman

I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.

— Randy Schekman

It is common, and encouraged by many journals, for research to be judged by the impact factor of the journal that publishes it. But…

— Randy Schekman

The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also I knew it might…

— Randy Schekman

The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards often follow the flashiest work, not the best.

— Randy Schekman

Everything I did in high school was focused on microbiology, looking at things like algae under a microscope for hours on end. When I…

— Randy Schekman