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# John O'Keefe

(1939)   Neurologist

 **18** quotes in **196** categories

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John O'Keefe is a neurologist, best known for *The castle of Andalusia*.

## Quick Facts About John O'Keefe

Born November 18, 1939

Profession Neurologist

Notable works The castle of Andalusia

## About John O'Keefe

American British neuroscientist, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.

##  Quotes by John O'Keefe

> [If you take my equipment away from me, I might as well retire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/if-you-take-my-equipment-away-from-me-i-might-as-well-retire/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

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> [I want to know how the mind works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/i-want-to-know-how-the-mind-works/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

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> [Amo, amas, I love a lass, As a cedar tall and slender; Sweet cowslip's grace is her nominative case, And she's of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/amo-amas-i-love-a-lass-as-a-cedar-tall-and-slender-sweet-cowslip-s/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/john-o-keefe-29450_cases_amo-amas-i-love-a-lass-as-a-cedar-tall-a_876942.png)

> [I am particularly interested in Alzheimer's disease and have been for some time now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/i-am-particularly-interested-in-alzheimer-s-disease-and-have-been-for/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

[Alzheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alzheimer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/john-o-keefe-29450_alzheimer_i-am-particularly-interested-in-alzheime_1636897.png)

> [What baron or squire Or knight of the shire Lives half so well as a holy friar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/what-baron-or-squire-or-knight-of-the-shire-lives-half-so-well-as-a/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

[Eating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eating/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/john-o-keefe-29450_eating_what-baron-or-squire-or-knight-of-the-sh_2291875.png)

> [I think it's fair to say that the Nobel Prize is the highest honor any scientist or artist can achieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/i-think-it-s-fair-to-say-that-the-nobel-prize-is-the-highest-honor/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

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> [What I tend to do is I try and get as much writing done... I get as much writing done at home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/what-i-tend-to-do-is-i-try-and-get-as-much-writing-done-i-get-as-much/)

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> [I do what I do merrily out of curiosity because I want to know how the brain works. That will get me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/i-do-what-i-do-merrily-out-of-curiosity-because-i-want-to-know-how/)

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> [A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather; The world is good, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/a-glass-is-good-and-a-lass-is-good-and-a-pipe-to-smoke-in-cold/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

[Cold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cold/)

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> [Science is the quintessential international endeavour, and the sterling reputation of the Nobel awards is partly due to the widely-perceived lack of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/science-is-the-quintessential-international-endeavour-and-the/)

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> [It is an incontrovertible fact that if we want to make progress in basic areas of medicine and biology, we are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/it-is-an-incontrovertible-fact-that-if-we-want-to-make-progress-in/)

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> [Some of the best navigators in the world are London taxi cab drivers. They have to learn 25,000 streets and how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/some-of-the-best-navigators-in-the-world-are-london-taxi-cab-drivers/)

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> [Britain punches way above its weight in science, and I think we need to continue to do that, and anything that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/britain-punches-way-above-its-weight-in-science-and-i-think-we-need/)

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> [We will move from looking at correlations between brain activity and behaviour to studying how the brain causes mental states and behaviour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/we-will-move-from-looking-at-correlations-between-brain-activity-and/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

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> [Science is international: the best scientists can come from anywhere; they can come from next door, or they can come from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/science-is-international-the-best-scientists-can-come-from-anywhere/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/john-o-keefe-29450_anywhere_science-is-international-the-best-scient_1628628.jpg)

> [Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/cognitive-neuroscience-is-entering-an-exciting-era-in-which-new/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

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> [It turns out that this part of the brain is one of the first areas that's attacked by Alzheimer's disease. So we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/it-turns-out-that-this-part-of-the-brain-is-one-of-the-first-areas/)

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[Alzheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alzheimer/)

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> [I can't say when we will have a cure, but we now know through our findings how to ask the question of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-keefe/i-can-t-say-when-we-will-have-a-cure-but-we-now-know-through-our/)

[John O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-keefe/)

[Alzheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alzheimer/)

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