Susumu Tonegawa Quotes

Well, I mean, I'm still a scientist, you know. I think once a scientist, always a scientist.

From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works.

I was interested in science before I even knew what science was.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

I loved science. I still love it; I'm a nerd in that sense.

I always say to my students that being a scientist is like being an explorer, and I really mean that because, in a sense, I think in science we explore the world, the universe around us.

I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport.

I think people love fundamental science.

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

I can't ever remember not wanting to be a scientist.

I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist.

When I was a child, it was cool to be a scientist.

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.

I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.

I'm a science goober.

Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.

You can only go into science because you're interested in it.

I think that we scientists are seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various types - chemists and physicists and biologists and such - and we all have the same goal. We are making progress.

Whenever I think of how much pleasure I have interviewing scientists, I remember that they're having the real fun in actually being able to do the science.

From my earliest days I had a passion for science.

Science would lead you to a more interesting life than something else.

Science is really about describing the way the universe works in one aspect or another in all branches of science—how a life-form works, how this works, how that works. ... You have to have a natural curiosity for that.

You should enter science because you are fascinated by it. That's what I did.