The same skills that I used as a welder, as a migrant farm worker, are similar skills that I'm using as a brain surgeon. — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
The greatest gratification that I get to work with these hands is that when I come out and I go to the waiting room… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
“As I would learn later on, developed countries will always welcome the Einsteins of this world -- those individuals whose talents are already recognized and deemed to have value. This welcome doesn't usually extend to the poor and uneducated people seeking to enter the country. But the truth, supported by the facts of history and the richness of immigrant contribution… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share
I'm just a regular guy. I want people to realize that I embody the true American dream. I work hard. I went to school. — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
I continue to do my job as a brain surgeon, as a researcher, and I try to make it better and better every day,… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
As a researcher at US Berkeley I used to go into the brains of small, little animals and study the way that brains were… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, I'm not an economist. I'm just a simple Brian surgeon and a scientist who's trying to do my best every… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
To hear the amount of hate that people have in the United States is disheartening. However, I still have hope that we have not… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to do something… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
I hear hate. I hear people who clearly don't have a great understanding of the American dream. That the American dream is based on… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
If you look at some of the clips of me in the operating room, I sit in the chair, I control the microscope with… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
I'm not a genius. I just worked really, really hard, and I want our generation, our children and our future generations to realize that… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
The same skills that I used as a welder, as a migrant farm worker, are similar skills that I'm using as a brain surgeon. — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
