Quotes from Dan Shechtman

A president should look for what binds the people together rather than what drives them apart. As soon as you are identified with one side of the political map, you are no longer everybody's president.

The frontiers of science, on the very small scale and very large scale, require large investments and international effort.

When my grandchildren are older and my great-grandchildren start growing up, first of all, I want them to be in Israel. I don't want them to leave the country because they have no choice.

Young people in Israel are encouraged to design, produce and sell their products from high school. Technical universities also matter. Teach and introduce entrepreneurship courses in technical universities.

I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.

Science is the ultimate tool to reveal the laws of nature, and the one word written on its banner is Truth.

I can unite the people of Israel, so I won't speak about controversial issues, which divide the people.

I hope that I have had some effect on the fact that Israel is a start-up nation.

I know there is a stereotype that I am naive, but I know what I want, and I know what I'm doing to get there.

The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.

I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.

The message from the Technion when I was a student was: 'You will be so good that when you graduate, everyone will want to hire you.'

I was a subject of ridicule and lectures about the basics of crystallography. The leader of the opposition to my findings was the two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, the idol of the American Chemical Society and one of the most famous scientists in the world.