Brain Quotes · Page 58

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

— George Bernard Shaw

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped

— Aeschylus

When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.

— Kacey Musgraves

There are only two sorts of doctors; those who practise with their brains, and those who practise with their tongues.

— William Osler

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man.

— Clarence Darrow

I sometimes think that the prevalent use of external cosmetics eats out the internal brain if persisted in long enough.

— Elisabeth Marbury

I took the 'Seinfeld' tour of New York once - and if I think about it too hard, my brain explodes.

— Ryan Holiday

My hand does the work and I don't have to think; in fact, were I to think, it would stop the flow.…

— Edna O'Brien

“The human brain always concocts biases to aid in the construction of a coherent mental life, exclusively suitable for an individual’s personal…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Memory is the 'filling cabinet' of the brain wherein is stored all thought impulses, all conscious experiences, and all sensations which reach…

— Napoleon Hill

When you think of things like medicine, people who have lost limbs now have a chance to have a limb replaced that…

— Gemma Chan

As you get older, you start to read the game more, and as your brain starts working more, and as you get…

— Ashley Young

I really don't mind what people assume about me. I really think that my brain is my private thing. I don't need…

— Alice Eve

Scott Fitzgerald said famously that 'he who invented consciousness would have a lot to be blamed for.' But he also forgot that…

— Antonio Damasio

I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing…

— Aleksandar Hemon

If you do have to look at polls, you should do it no more than once every few days, to get a…

— David Brooks

My brain does like the idea of hosting a late-night show. My brain does like the idea of maybe having a show…

— Jen Kirkman

Oh, I see;" said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world." Have you any?"…

— L. Frank Baum

I wasn't playing the music, the music was playing me... and once that went away, and I had the feeling I was…

— Henry Rollins

Dreaming and becoming are completely separate parts of the process. However, they are both as important as each other. Never discount how…

— Chris Murray

Having children changes your behavior. Your personality doesn't change, but you're more cautious of what you say and how you say it…

— Vanessa Paradis

I think our conception of literature should accommodate not only apolitical writers but also those whose political opinions we find unpalatable. Fiction…

— Pankaj Mishra

Film is a game of projections upon projections, and the projected image on the screen is a game of light and shadows.…

— Sebastian Lelio

“The most powerful sex organ was the brain, you know what that means Poor Justin!”

— Sarah Strohmeyer

How can you have this reference point, this stability, that is required to maintain the continuity of selves day after day?

— Antonio Damasio

Art is supposed to punch you in the brain, and it's supposed to stay punched.

— Marc Maron

Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.

— Dalai Lama

People have wanted to look inside the human mind, the human brain, for thousands of years.

— Christopher deCharms

I think when you sit alone with your brain too much, your own brain starts to rebel against you.

— Christopher Titus

The brain is conceded to be the master organ of the body, the regulator of life, the source of human progress.

— Frederick Tilney

There is no hate such as that born out of love betrayed- and my brain screamed out for revenge.

— Anonymous

The brain sure as hell doesn't work by somebody programming in rules.

— Geoffrey Hinton

Dreams, they're what sets us apart from being mere a brain and a body.

— Juliette Lewis

Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat.

— David Perlmutter

I have both witnessed and experienced, from the inside, what happens when a brain isn't at its best.

— Bryan Johnson

Energy experts have announced the development of a new fuel made from human brain tissue. It's called assohol.

— George Carlin

Me Brock Lesnar. Here comes the pain. God built me strong. Forget to give me brain.

— John Cena

The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news.

— Daniel Kahneman

Steve Jobs has said that Xwindows is brain-damamged and will disappear in two years. He got it half-right.

— Dennis Ritchie