--- title: "9 Life Brain Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Life Brain quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Life Brain sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/matisyahu-3197_fast-life_you-re-a-slave-to-yourself-and-you-don-t_1468011.png" --- > [You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know. You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/you-re-a-slave-to-yourself-and-you-don-t-even-know-you-want-to-live/) [Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/matisyahu-3197_fast-life_you-re-a-slave-to-yourself-and-you-don-t_1468011.png) > [You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience what's around you. You go crazy that way. That's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-apple/you-can-live-your-whole-life-in-your-brain-and-not-experience-what-s/) [Fiona Apple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-apple/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/fiona-apple-1912_brain_you-can-live-your-whole-life-in-your-bra_1557713.png) > [“everything you’ve ever experienced in your ‘real’ life was your brain’s interpretation of your sensory inputs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dima-zales/everything-you-ve-ever-experienced-in-your-real-life-was-your-brain-s/) [Dima Zales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dima-zales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/dima-zales-65376_life_everything-you-ve-ever-experienced-in-yo_3042606.jpg) > [You can live your whole life in your brain and not experience what's around you. You go crazy that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-apple/you-can-live-your-whole-life-in-your-brain-and-not-experience-what-s-2/) [Fiona Apple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-apple/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/fiona-apple-1912_around_you-can-live-your-whole-life-in-your-bra_2293381.png) > [I can't solve a puzzle for the life of me - my brain doesn't work that way. But I can take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lowery/i-can-t-solve-a-puzzle-for-the-life-of-me-my-brain-doesn-t-work-that/) [David Lowery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lowery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/david-lowery-5497_brain_i-can-t-solve-a-puzzle-for-the-life-of-m_2664325.jpg) > [I think it's just more things have happened in my life that made my brain go a little nutty and over-analytical that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-port/i-think-it-s-just-more-things-have-happened-in-my-life-that-made-my/) [Whitney Port](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-port/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/whitney-port-4032_brain_i-think-it-s-just-more-things-have-happe_2355194.png) > [“But most of all I feel my brain, up there taking in blood and looking out on the world and noticing humor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/but-most-of-all-i-feel-my-brain-up-there-taking-in-blood-and-looking/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/ned-vizzini-1483_brain_but-most-of-all-i-feel-my-brain-up-there_2979097.jpg) > [But if it’s true that the only true life I had was the life of my brain, what sense does it make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/but-if-it-s-true-that-the-only-true-life-i-had-was-the-life-of-my/) [Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/utah-phillips-15584_brain_but-if-it-s-true-that-the-only-true-life_2936625.jpg) > [“Frying-Pan Jack and I were in that camp, that's where he said to me, he'd been tramping since 1927, 'I told myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/frying-pan-jack-and-i-were-in-that-camp-that-s-where-he-said-to-me-he/) [Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/utah-phillips-15584_end-of-the-day_frying-pan-jack-and-i-were-in-that-camp_1274696.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-brain/#itemlist", "name": "Life Brain Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know. 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