It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. It is not even the distribution of knowledge. It is the… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“Kate wondered what part of the male brain prioritized movie scene storage above all other details in life. Maybe the answer was… — A.G. Riddle Copy Share Image
Money was a much saner goal than adoration. They'll both drive you crazy but if I'm going to blow my brains out… — Glenn Frey Copy Share Image
In some circles where very heavy people think they have very heavy brains, words like "charming" and "clever" and "pretty" are all… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Once a week, I don't eat for 24 or 30 hours. Your brain becomes very lucid about ideas. It also made me… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
“that is his head, containing a brain of a different brand than that of the synthetic jellies preserved in the skulls around… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Growing up in a family of doctors, I wanted to be a brain surgeon for a while. But ultimately, I get most… — Alexa Von Tobel Copy Share Image
There is nothing inherently wrong with a brain in your nineties. If you keep it fed and interested, you'll find it lasts… — Marjory Stoneman Douglas Copy Share Image
“The human brain operates electro-chemically. Each neuron can fire, carrying an input/output signal 100 times a second. Each neuron has roughly 10,000… — David Simpson Copy Share Image
Tanith frowned. Did people still go on DATES any more? She was sure they did. They probably called it something different though.… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
Christ came not to possess our brains with some cold opinions, that send down a freezing and benumbing influence into our hearts.… — Ralph Cudworth Copy Share Image
I certainly like the actor to have as much lee-way as possible. In the same way that director Bong was generous enough… — Kelly Masterson Copy Share Image
You know, once I was thinking of quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
Oh. Yeah. That does make sense.” Shaylin hesitated. “But I don’t know which dorm room is hers.” “Third floor, number thirty-six. When… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was about 16 or 17, I had a teacher who took a group of us to the National Theater in… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I love the percussion. It's a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It's your whole body… — Shalom Harlow Copy Share Image
I cannot see how it can be argued that one should speak in tones of reverence and awe about the alleged divine… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Like any good RPG, 'Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning' is adept at digging its claws into that part of your brain that just… — Jason Schreier Copy Share Image
Black! Black! Black! I am proud of being a Negro. Nor have I ever tried to beg tolerance from anyone. Superiority is… — Jose Celso Barbosa Copy Share Image
I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
There are certain parts of a classic nerd's brain that can destroy that person - obsessing about things to the detriment of… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Your brain forms a story and, if you're lucky, there's a line where the story takes over the brain. You don't even… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
Most people think that intelligence is about brain, where really it's about focus. Genius is just attention to a subject until it… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Obviously, our children, who have been playing with their computers since the age of five or six, don't have quite the same… — Claude Vorilhon Copy Share Image
It's nonverbal: I need love. I need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your heart turns on. And… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
Oxytocin infusion increases generosity in unilateral monetary transfers by 80 percent [and] increases donations to charity by 50 percent. — Paul J. Zak Copy Share Image
We absolutely do some of the best science in the world in Canada, across a broad spectrum of disciplines: quantum computing in… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
What happens [in a coma] is that you lose the grounding of the self, you no longer have access to any feeling… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
Cocoa boosts brain serotonin. Almost every single antidepressant aims at either enhancing serotonin or keeping it in the brain longer. Chocolate or… — Chris Kilham Copy Share Image
Shock waves to a tired brain, sends that hungry lady to my door again. She's my shelter from the storm when I… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Do not borrow the productions of other men's brains and pens and recite them as a lesson; but make the most of… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Talking about smart thinking, The British-made 'Brain Training Podcast' is a brief daily workout for the mind that could easily get addictive. — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
When you massage someone, the levels of oxytocin go up in the brain, and oxytocin is one of the chemicals that drives… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
I am a comedian. My brain is critical - it's overthinking - but you can find ways to turn it down and… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
As other authors have realized, heat can have a strange effect on us, can cause odd chemical reactions in the brain. Heat… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
Our brain is so adaptive and so powerful that our own thoughts during a painful period can lead us to experience a… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
I focus on consumer Internet. Sometimes it's a working prototype; sometimes it's an idea on a napkin. I don't do a ton… — Kevin Rose Copy Share Image