Susumu Tonegawa Quotes

Personality begins where comparison ends. — Karl Lagerfeld

My scientific career has developed on three continents: Asia, Europe and North America. — Susumu Tonegawa

We found out that, contrary to what many people thought, in the immune system, genes can change during the life cycle of the individual. — Susumu Tonegawa

Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process. — Susumu Tonegawa

I don't have to fight. I don't have to survive. I can chose a new thing: to live — Patrick McCormick

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone. — Philippe Perrin

Every tour is different. We like to give people a piece of something. — Mikey Way

I used to lie down on the grass and draw the blades as they grew - until every square foot of meadow, or mossy bank, became a possession to me. — John Ruskin

The brain is probably the most mysterious subject there is. — Susumu Tonegawa

In the early Seventies, the technology for purifying a specific eukaryotic mRNA was just becoming available. — Susumu Tonegawa

I see myself as a scientist who is interested in what's going on inside of us. — Susumu Tonegawa

Humans are very imaginative animals. — Susumu Tonegawa

There are no absolutes for something so relative as a human life.
There are no rules for something so gentle as a heart. — Hugh Prather

Independent of what is happening around you in the outside world, humans constantly have internal activity in the brain. — Susumu Tonegawa

The brain is hugely complicated, and because it is so complicated, it requires multidisciplinary research. — Susumu Tonegawa

It doesn't matter whether it is chemistry or immunology or neuroscience: I just do research on what I find interesting. — Susumu Tonegawa

My father was an engineer working for a textile company that had several factories scattered in rural towns in the southern part of Japan. — Susumu Tonegawa