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title: "2 Brainy-quotes Quotes By David Amerland"
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> [“The brain works in a holistic, cooperative way that makes our basest desire or most abject fear as expressive of who we are as abstract thinking of the highest order. That means that we are all equal part snakes, monkeys,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/the-brain-works-in-a-holistic-cooperative-way-that-makes-our-basest/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

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> [“The moment we remove the external world from our senses we’ve also removed a large chunk of how we feel inside ourselves. We don’t think with our brain, our brain thinks with the world. We also don’t feel with our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/the-moment-we-remove-the-external-world-from-our-senses-we-ve-also/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

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## More by David Amerland

> [“The brain works in a holistic, cooperative way that makes our basest desire or most abject fear as expressive of who we are as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/the-brain-works-in-a-holistic-cooperative-way-that-makes-our-basest/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“The web and its technologies are digital representations of everything we did before in a more private, bigger, faster and more empowering format than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/the-web-and-its-technologies-are-digital-representations-of/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“Reality is not a thought experiment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/reality-is-not-a-thought-experiment/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“The idea of reputation, influence, and influencers in the offline world is as old as the hills. It's not new on the web either,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/the-idea-of-reputation-influence-and-influencers-in-the-offline-world/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“It is not wrong to think that the traditional buying of a product has been replaced with an unwritten contract of shared values between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/it-is-not-wrong-to-think-that-the-traditional-buying-of-a-product-has/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“The moment you establish a line of communication between two points, you subtly change both. That is also true for the way the brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/the-moment-you-establish-a-line-of-communication-between-two-points/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“Mindless action without a real understanding of the ramifications is only likely to result in serious miscalculations or a colossal waste of time. Avoid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/mindless-action-without-a-real-understanding-of-the-ramifications-is/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“We cannot learn something new and stick to it without a modular approach to application, positive reinforcement and a real change of environment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/we-cannot-learn-something-new-and-stick-to-it-without-a-modular/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“Real-time marketing is not for everyone. To take advantage of it, you need to have a clear idea of what it is you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/real-time-marketing-is-not-for-everyone-to-take-advantage-of-it-you/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“In many ways semantic search takes us back to the golden days of the Web when in terms of working online anything was possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/in-many-ways-semantic-search-takes-us-back-to-the-golden-days-of-the/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“Goals without a sense of hope often fail to be reached. Hope without a set of goals materializes nothing of value. We need both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/goals-without-a-sense-of-hope-often-fail-to-be-reached-hope-without-a/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“We are built to act first and reason later. Our minds construct rational stories to justify emotional truths that our bodies have already accepted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/we-are-built-to-act-first-and-reason-later-our-minds-construct/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“It is humanity that’s actually propagated through the gossamer, reaching tendrils of trust and the emergence of happiness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/it-is-humanity-that-s-actually-propagated-through-the-gossamer/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“Confidence, even when under pressure, has a way of turning an impossible situation into just another challenge to be met.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/confidence-even-when-under-pressure-has-a-way-of-turning-an/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

> [“Ever since I was a child I have been a strong believer in the principle that to under-stand how anything works you need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-amerland/ever-since-i-was-a-child-i-have-been-a-strong-believer-in-the/)

[David Amerland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-amerland/)

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