My philosophy is that we should ask the most important question that’s capable of being solved. – 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
In terms of the brain, you can in a crude way think of the human brain as a computer. – Paul Greengard
The knowledge we have of communication among cells does not permit my giving you a sophisticated understanding. – 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 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
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
The fact is all of the most highly successful scientists I know work practically all the time. – 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
