Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Greengard

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American scientist Paul Greengard.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Paul Greengard was 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 was Vincent Astor Professor at Rockefeller University, and served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund, as well as the Scientific Council of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. He was married to artist Ursula von Rydingsvard.

American - Scientist | Born: December 11, 1925

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Modesty isn't one of my strong suits.

Paul Greengard

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

Paul Greengard

We do not know with any of these neuropsychiatric disorders what the ultimate basis is. Let's say you could find that too much of protein X was involved in schizophrenia. Would you then know what schizophrenia is? You would not.

Paul Greengard

In terms of the brain, you can in a crude way think of the human brain as a computer.

Paul Greengard

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

Paul Greengard

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

Paul Greengard

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

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.

Paul Greengard

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

Paul Greengard

The fact is all of the most highly successful scientists I know work practically all the time.

Paul Greengard

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

Mice deficient in this protein, called p11, display depression-like behaviors, while those with sufficient amounts behave as if they have been treated with antidepressants.

Paul Greengard

Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Greengard

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