--- title: "12 Brain Knows Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Brain Knows quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Brain Knows sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/a-a-milne-4346_bird_owl-hasn-t-exactly-got-brain-but-he-know_2594706.png" --- > [Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-a-milne/owl-hasn-t-exactly-got-brain-but-he-knows-things/) [A. A. Milne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-a-milne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/a-a-milne-4346_bird_owl-hasn-t-exactly-got-brain-but-he-know_2594706.png) > [I like to get to work early. Before my brain knows what I'm up to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-thaves/i-like-to-get-to-work-early-before-my-brain-knows-what-i-m-up-to/) [Bob Thaves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-thaves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/bob-thaves-35122_brain_i-like-to-get-to-work-early-before-my-br_1584463.jpg) > [It sucks when your brain knows logic but your heart disagrees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhishek-tiwari/it-sucks-when-your-brain-knows-logic-but-your-heart-disagrees/) [Abhishek Tiwari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhishek-tiwari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/abhishek-tiwari-385_amazing-life_it-sucks-when-your-brain-knows-logic-but_1073668.jpg) > [The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-henry-parkhurst/the-heart-has-eyes-which-the-brain-knows-nothing-of/) [Charles Henry Parkhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-henry-parkhurst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/charles-henry-parkhurst-14349_brain_the-heart-has-eyes-which-the-brain-knows_2612183.png) > [My heart knows the pain. My brain knows the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raghib-clitso/my-heart-knows-the-pain-my-brain-knows-the-game/) [Raghib Clitso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raghib-clitso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/raghib-clitso-753_broken_my-heart-knows-the-pain-my-brain-knows-t_324024.jpg) > [“...if I've learned one thing in my decades on earth, it's this: Don't argue with your lizard brain; it knows you better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/if-i-ve-learned-one-thing-in-my-decades-on-earth-it-s-this-don-t/) [Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/sara-nelson-39641_learning_if-i-ve-learned-one-thing-in-my-decades_902024.png) > [Your brain knows what's happening, and what's fake, and what's not. Sometimes, the act of engineering certain feelings is physical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greta-lee/your-brain-knows-what-s-happening-and-what-s-fake-and-what-s-not/) [Greta Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greta-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/greta-lee-6817_brain_your-brain-knows-what-s-happening-and-wh_900990.jpg) > [Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-mantle/sometimes-i-think-if-i-had-the-same-body-and-the-same-natural-ability/) [Mickey Mantle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-mantle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/mickey-mantle-3879_ability_sometimes-i-think-if-i-had-the-same-body_2867237.jpg) > [There is a looming chasm between what your brain knows and what your mind is capable of accessing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-eagleman/there-is-a-looming-chasm-between-what-your-brain-knows-and-what-your/) [David Eagleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-eagleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/david-eagleman-2079_brain_there-is-a-looming-chasm-between-what-yo_1420887.png) > [The brain knows the real secret of seduction, more effective than even music and martinis. Just keep whispering, 'Gee, you are really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-gopnik/the-brain-knows-the-real-secret-of-seduction-more-effective-than-even/) [Alison Gopnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-gopnik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/alison-gopnik-4163_body_the-brain-knows-the-real-secret-of-seduc_373604.png) > [“But my subconscious mind--the part I've heard writers call the lizard brain--could and did: it told me to reach for Anne Lamott…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/but-my-subconscious-mind-the-part-i-ve-heard-writers-call-the-lizard/) [Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/sara-nelson-39641_conscious-mind_but-my-subconscious-mind-the-part-i-ve-h_1817428.png) > [“This means that, in some sense, free will is a fake. Decisions are made ahead of time by the brain, without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michio-kaku/this-means-that-in-some-sense-free-will-is-a-fake-decisions-are-made/) [Michio Kaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michio-kaku/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/michio-kaku-907_ahead-of-time_this-means-that-in-some-sense-free-will_366370.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain-knows/#itemlist", "name": "Brain Knows Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "A. A. 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