Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.
Rita Levi-MontalciniI say to the young, be happy that you were born in Italy because of the beauty of the human capital, both masculine and feminine, of this country... No other country has such human capital.
Rita Levi-MontalciniI tell young people: Do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything.
Rita Levi-MontalciniIf I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize.
Rita Levi-Montalcini