Is not the history of real civilization the slow and gradual emancipation of the intellect, of the judgment, from the mastery of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Nervous exhaustion from mental overwork is most often due to neglect of this rule and the brain worker should limit his regular… — Maurice Bigelow Copy Share Image
When he's around, I try to pick his brain and just try to listen to what he thinks about what I'm doing… — Big Cass Copy Share Image
If those extra-social brains are so potent, why after all do they effect so little? A dull police-officer, with the machine behind… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
Civilization has little to fear from educated people and brain-workers. In them the replacement of religious motives for civilized behaviors by other,… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Vitello tonnato is a classic dish from Italy's Piedmont region that, frankly, sounds patently insane: veal slices dressed in a creamy sauce… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
The first time I ever found Paste I thought somebody just might have finally made a magazine using only the contents of… — William Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
Have you ever observed somebody go through a religious conversion? The person seems perfectly reasonable to you and has no particular concern… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
However small we are, we should always fight for what we believe to be right. And I don’t mean fight with the… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
Since functional brain imaging first emerged, we have learned that there aren't very many brain regions uniquely responsible for specific tasks; most… — Joshua Greene Copy Share Image
I don't jerk off because I'm horny. I'm sort of half-chick. It's like District 9. I can fire alien weapons. I can… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
I used to think that the times when you don't work, you should be anxious and constantly by the phone and putting… — Sophie Cookson Copy Share Image
“The repeated finding that people with happier, less troubled thought patterns can suffer more illness seems to defy common sense. The general… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I did self-mutilate. I'd be upset, so I'd do it, & it would calm me down. It's a… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
Anytime you have to get intimate on camera, it's always a little interesting. You have to trick your brain almost, so that… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
Our ancestors relied upon their advanced brains to survive during times of food shortage, and fortunately, the human brain is able to… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
There are cells in the brain that respond to faces. This is one of the reasons that I deal with portraiture. We… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
What is it that really makes us, us? It's our collective intelligence. It's our ability to write things down, our language and… — Louise Leakey Copy Share Image
The message of frustration is an exciting signal. it means that your brain beleives you could be doing better than you currently… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
“without the power to concentrate that is to say, without the power to dictate to the brain its task and to ensure… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
I think I'm connected to this issue in some capacity, football and brain damage. So carving out a way to address it… — Chris Borland Copy Share Image
The people who know me do not ask me about the next book or how it's going. They ask, 'Jason, are you… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
I've been misunderstood when it comes to women. I've got a big heart and a little brain. But I love women being… — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and… — Austin Dacey Copy Share Image
Interpersonal experience shapes the mind as it continues to develop throughout the lifespan... Interactions with the environment, especially relationships with other people,… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
“In truth, there is no such thing as an “intuitive boundary” of a sensory state. That most philosophers take such states as… — István Aranyosi Copy Share Image
For years we've been playing and writing songs that sound happy. And yet if you listen, the words are all like "My… — Robby Takac Copy Share Image
[Women] tend to collect more pieces of data when they think, put them into more complex patterns, see more options and outcomes.… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“the neuron bundle comes from our eyes, ears, nose, mouth or skin. The key difference lies not in the neurons that carry… — Max Tegmark Copy Share Image
I have treatment-resistant depression and I need to take medication to rebalance my brain chemistry - just like someone with asthma needs… — Frankie Bridge Copy Share Image
You can order yourself to treasure a moment, to cling tight to a feeling and never let it fade, but it's your… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
For delightfully quirky descriptions of bizarre neurological syndromes that teach us a lot about how the brain works, there is no match… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I find that a lot of the good acting comes out when you're physically being pushed: your brain turns off and just… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
You can say anything you want about how the brain works and people will believe you. Really, our brains are hard-wired like… — Noah Gray-Cabey Copy Share Image
The brain rewards us for interacting with beautiful things. In this way, evolution wants to encourage us to do what is good… — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
As a Muslim, I like to watch Fox News for the same reason I like to play 'Call of Duty.' Sometimes, I… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
In 'Self Comes to Mind' I pay a lot of attention to simple creatures without brains or minds, because those 'cartooned abstractions… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image