Paul Greengard Quotes

United States, Neuroscientist
December 11, 1925 – April, 13, 2019.

Paul Greengard is an American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. In 2000, Greengard, Arvid Carlsson and Eric Kandel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system. He is currently Vincent Astor Professor at Rockefeller University, and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund, as well as the Scientific Council of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. He is married to artist Ursula von Rydingsvard.

Science is not the glamour that's portrayed in films. It's a lot of drudgery work, along with the wonderfully exciting periods when you discover something.

Paul Greengard
You should only go into science if you really have a yearning to make scientific discoveries.

Paul Greengard

The knowledge we have of communication among cells does not permit my giving you a sophisticated understanding.

Paul Greengard
I didn't want to spend my life contributing to the development of more atomic weaponry.

Paul Greengard
I have a lot of confidence through my accomplishments. I'm always trying to prove I'm not the worthless child they say I was.

Paul Greengard
I'm sure our brains are working unconsciously. When you have a creative thought, it's parts of the brain talking to each other without your awareness.

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- Brain
- Creative
- Awareness
It's a tragedy for society to spend decades training people and then depriving them of work at some arbitrary age.

Paul Greengard
- Work
- Age
- Training
In terms of the brain, you can in a crude way think of the human brain as a computer.

Paul Greengard
- Brain
- Human
- Computer

My philosophy is that we should ask the most important question that's capable of being solved.

Paul Greengard
Modesty isn't one of my strong suits.

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- Strong
- Modesty
- Suits