# You, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, are in fact no more than… by Francis Crick > "You, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, are in fact no more than the behavior of nerve cells." > **— Francis Crick**, *The Astonishing Hypothesis (1994), compressed candidate wording* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: The Astonishing Hypothesis (1994), compressed candidate wording.