Cake Quote by Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect.

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

Humans are something very different from animals, and the numbers required to get cloning to work in animals are completely prohibitory with humans.

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

Successful women are not liked. I think the biggest danger for women in science is colleagues who are not as good as you are.

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

In German science, we have a special problem. We lose talented women at the time they get pregnant. Some of it occurs because they…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

The three of us have worked on the development of the small and totally harmless fruit fly, Drosophila. This animal has been extremely cooperative…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

In my age group I don't know a single woman who is as successful as I am. I am the total exception. You can…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

I had a very intense relationship with my father, who was always extremely interested in what we kids were doing. I actually think the…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

At the time I finished high school, I was determined to study biology, deeply convinced to eventually be a researcher.

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

In mathematics and science, there is no difference in the intelligence of men and women. The difference in genes between men and women is…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

I think women who are pretty certainly have an advantage in any field, in any profession. When a girl is born people still say:…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

I think there is too much attention on mentoring. If people want to be scientists, they will figure out how to do it. They…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

If woman wants to have kids and work a little less she has a big disadvantage compared to a male colleague who has a…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard