Don Quixote thought he could have made beautiful bird-cages and toothpicks if his brain had not been so full of ideas of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The random quantum fluctuations of my brain are historical accidents that happen to have decided that the concepts of dynamic scoping and… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine.… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Because it is a 'use it or lose it' brain, when we develop a map area [in the brain], we long to… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
It will be cheering to know that many people are skillful chessplayers, though in many instances their brains, in a general way,… — James Mortimer Copy Share Image
Mental communication without verbalization... all space is made up of waves and we are constantly sending and receiving messages from our brain — Tina Louise Copy Share Image
I am an apologist for the reading brain. It represents a miracle that springs from the brain's unique capacity to rearrange itself… — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
The shock of twentieth-century technology numbed our brains and we are just beginning to notice the spiritual and social debris that our… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
With God's help, I've not had a drink in nine and a half years. That's my whole story right there. And because… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
My hand moves because certain forces--electric, magnetic, or whatever 'nerve-force' may prove to be--are impressed on it by my brain. This nerve-force,… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Individual storytelling is incredibly powerful. We as journalists know intuitively what scientists of the brain are discovering through brain scans, which is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everybody has an image of [princess Margaret], to a certain extent. But I felt it would have been harder if we were… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
“From a distance the head is a bowling ball on the shoulders, but not so: a carapace and inside, the contents are… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
After I began to make some money, my brain-damaged accountant put me in one business after another that went bad. The only… — Sean Connery Copy Share Image
“The storage capacity of the average human brain is two-hundred and fifty-six exabytes. However, the average adult human only uses approximately one… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
I know if I don't look after myself, I will be talking to you in a couple of years' time mumbling my… — Anthony Joshua Copy Share Image
In our world of sleek flesh and collagen, Botox and liposuction, what we most fear is the dissolution of the body-mind, the… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
That, dillop brain, is what getting close to the Darke does. It makes you think only of yourself. It takes you away… — Angie Sage Copy Share Image
From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
The eye and brain are conspirators, and, like most conspiracies, theirs is negotiated behind closed doors, in the back room, outside of… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
Inertia is depression's best friend. There's always a hump to get over before you can actually change. So pushing yourself over the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
When people exercise, we talk about endorphins, but endorphins are just short-term. The reason why exercise is valuable is it trains your… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
In an email... like I did 100 interviews, and I never repeated one story. That's impossible to do when you do face-to-face… — David Berman Copy Share Image
I try to do a massage once a week, or every two weeks, when I can. I'm not very good at meditating… — Nicola Coughlan Copy Share Image
Where you can never sleep because of noisy brain.No matter how tired you are. It's impossible to accomplish anything but lying here… — Susane Colasanti Copy Share Image
...most people in the world don't really use their brains to think. And people who don't think are the ones who don't… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
One of the most impressive features of brains - and especially human brains - is the flexibility to learn almost any kind… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Nerve cells communicate with one another at specialized points called synapses. And these synapses are plastic - they can be modified by… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
“It has been said that the great events of the world take place in the brain. It is in the brain, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Humans cannot communicate; not even their brains can communicate; not even their conscious minds can communicate. Only communication can communicate. — Niklas Luhmann Copy Share Image
...some people aren't worth the trouble of being kind to, because they have neither the brains nor the power to make something… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“The brain's transmutation begins when consciousness understands that it made everything up – morality, good and bad, redemption and the truth. With… — Shai Tubali Copy Share Image
A software system is transparent when you can look at it and immediately see what is going on. It is simple when… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I know very well that to admit to loving Bright Eyes is to admit to having an overgrown brain region devoted to… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
Women run the small country called Home, millions of us do it in our spare time, and no one who doesn't run… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In man's brain the impressions from outside are not merely registered; they produce concepts and ideas. They are the imprint of the… — Victor Frederick Weisskopf Copy Share Image
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