--- title: "4 Mike Cahill Quotes" description: "Mike Cahill has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-mike-cahill-73780.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mike Cahill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-mike-cahill-73780.jpg) # Mike Cahill **4** quotes in **71** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Mike Cahill > [We are morphing as we go through things, and then we're presented with the notion of a soul. A soul implies more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-cahill/we-are-morphing-as-we-go-through-things-and-then-we-re-presented-with/) Mike Cahill [Energy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/energy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52a/mike-cahill-73780_energy_we-are-morphing-as-we-go-through-things_1404353.jpg) > [I like filmmakers that try to touch upon the metaphysical, the things that are behind all this, that you can't actually physically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-cahill/i-like-filmmakers-that-try-to-touch-upon-the-metaphysical-the-things/) Mike Cahill [Ashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/mike-cahill-73780_ashes_i-like-filmmakers-that-try-to-touch-upon_2792327.jpg) > [Where do we end, and what is the self? You cut off your arm, you're still yourself. You cut off two of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-cahill/where-do-we-end-and-what-is-the-self-you-cut-off-your-arm-you-re/) Mike Cahill [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/mike-cahill-73780_arms_where-do-we-end-and-what-is-the-self-you_2894249.jpg) > [My two older brothers are both molecular biologists and neuroscientists, and I feel like representing them accurately is never done in movies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-cahill/my-two-older-brothers-are-both-molecular-biologists-and/) Mike Cahill [Aspiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aspiration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/mike-cahill-73780_aspiration_my-two-older-brothers-are-both-molecular_3208021.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-cahill/#itemlist", "name": "Mike Cahill Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are morphing as we go through things, and then we're presented with the notion of a soul. A soul implies more than just the preservation of energy. Science will tell you that you can explode a person, but their energy still exists - even if they're decimated, the universe will preserve that in the form of heat or whatever it is. 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