Any Quote by Eric Kandel Download Open image “If you read any of my books, they tend to have a strong historical perspective.” — Eric Kandel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Any Book Books Books Tend Historical Historical perspective History Perspective Read Strong Strong Historical Tend You
As much as I care about historical context - I'm very eager to read a really great historical account. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves. — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read. — Saul David Copy Share Image
History is a matter of interpretation, but you have to start with certain facts. — Peter Kuznick Copy Share Image
One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction is a… — Saul David Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the underlying precept of the new science of mind is that all mental processes are biological—they all depend on organic molecules and cellular… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
In the 1950s and early 1960s, psychoanalysis swept through the intellectual community, and it was the dominant mode of thinking about the mind. People… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I don't think neurobiology is going to replace aesthetics or art history. It's a parallel discipline that adds a new dimension. I always compare… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
One of the ultimate challenges of biology is to understand how the brain becomes consciously aware of perception, experience and emotion. But it is… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I see psychoanalysis, art and biology ultimately coming together, just like cognitive psychology and neuroscience have merged. — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
Ever since the Enlightenment, people thought that we were living in a rational universe. They thought that God was a mathematician and that the… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I was interested in the nature of human mental processes, which is what got me interested in psychoanalysis. And it became clear to me… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
It may act as an ancillary factor, but by itself, the mutation in tau doesn't give you Alzheimer's disease. This is not to say… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
If you have a lesion in the hippocampus in both sides, you have short term memory, but you can convert that short term memory… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I… — Ben Schwartz Copy Share Image
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that.… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program. — Aaron Schock Copy Share Image
Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
The system in Germany is different, as you sign up with a company for two or three years, and you work exclusively with them;… — Tom Wlaschiha Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image