Human enhancement is now being driven by military imperatives, at least in the US, because civilian society is more conservative in its… — Jessa Gamble Copy Share Image
“Here we see the word "brain" occurring for the first time in human speech, as far as it is known to us;… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
We live in a world that is dominated by science. And that's not a bad thing - not at all. But one… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
As a woman, I know you're young but you gotta hear it now,the most valuable part about you is your brain. Get… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
I'm more of a warrior than you'll ever be. I believe in the class war. I believe in the battle of the… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think we've reached that point where we understand medically what we are doing to ourselves with these sports. In football, it's… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. She will have nothing from… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The brain is the only kind of object capable of understanding that the cosmos is even there, or why there are infinitely… — David Deutsch Copy Share Image
“Nobody really enjoys having to pacify their feelings. It's too much like failure; it reminds you of weakness. but feelings don't want… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
There are people who have repetitive nightmares. And what happens is their brain is trying to process the stress and help their… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Historians constantly rewrite history, reinterpreting (reorganizing) the records of the past. So, too, when the brain's coherent responses become part of a… — Israel Rosenfield Copy Share Image
Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because… — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
“It would be more accurate to say that we see with our brain rather than with our eyes. However, the more interesting… — George Kohlrieser Copy Share Image
Men should not labor foolishly like brutes, but the brain and the body should always, or as much as possible, work and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Meditators are shown to have thickening in parts of the brain structure that deal with attention, memory and sensory functions. This was… — Philippa Perry Copy Share Image
If someone's liver doesn't work, we blame it on the genes; if someone's brain doesn't work properly, we blame the school. It's… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
“I'm about to flip out, but then I suddenly realize what she's saying. She means she's not going to waste that bit… — Sophia Bennett Copy Share Image
“our brain will be more likely to accept a statement if it falls in line with what we already believe and know,… — Nicholas Cross Copy Share Image
Even two of humanity's most intimate possessions - a sense of self and a body image - are fluid, highly modifiable creations… — Miguel Nicolelis Copy Share Image
I thought that the 40s was a tough decade, because it's when you finally figure out that you're not immortal, when you… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Plants don't think. Animals are guided by the power of instinct over which they themselves have no control. Animals have a certain… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
Given her deafness, the auditory part of the brain, deprived of its usual input, had started to generate a spontaneous activity of… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“unlike a computer, the brain is controlling our every movement, breath, heartbeat, and blink of an eye, and even our every emotion.… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
Man carries the world in his head, the whole astronomy and chemistry suspended in a thought. Because the history of nature is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Basically I made her [ Sara Pocock] listen to funk music for a good month, a nonstop stream of George Clinton. I… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
In general, the men of lower intelligence won out. Afraid of their own shortcomings and of the intelligence of their opponents, so… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested all your life. We… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
British researchers found that one smile can generate the same level of brain stimulation as up to 2,000 bars of chocolate. The… — Ron Gutman Copy Share Image
Software options proliferate extremely easily - too easily, in fact - because too many options create tools that can't ever be used… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“You’re an English major, aren't you?” “Hey!” Immediately retreating, Keith swatted at him with a dishcloth. “Leave my brain alone. It’s resting.”… — Matthew Haldeman-Time Copy Share Image
The reason I'm drawn to it is - both the off road racing and the motorcycles on the track - it takes… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We could do muscles first, then brains,: Aislin suggests. "It's not all genetic, you know: he would have to work out." "Make… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
What distinguishes our species is thought. The cerebral cortex is in a way a liberation. We need no longer be trapped in… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
When the initial little impulse comes it just tends to come. I wake up in the middle of the night, or I'll… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
The thing that concerns me more than anything is when anybody becomes closed off and exclusive of other people's ideas. All of… — Andrew B. Newberg Copy Share Image
Catching fish is not a mental game between fish and angler. A 'smart' trout is only smarter than other trout, not smarter… — Lee Wulff Copy Share Image
We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice.… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
There's a good case to be made that having fun is a key evolutionary advantage right next to opposable thumbs in terms… — Raph Koster Copy Share Image
I was brought up on the books of The Wizard of Oz and my mother told me that these were great philosophies.… — Ray Bolger Copy Share Image