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We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.

— Sidney Altman

My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of…

— Sidney Altman

Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as…

— Sidney Altman

I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.

— Sidney Altman

For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.

— Sidney Altman

We are united in the hope that every individual will someday enjoy at least the intellectual privileges we have had, if not always the…

— Sidney Altman

I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good…

— Sidney Altman

The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.

— Sidney Altman

By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without…

— Sidney Altman

“All the people who do well work very hard. Nobody who has a record of achievement has been lazy about it.”

— Sidney Altman

It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.

— Sidney Altman

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.

— Sidney Altman