Brain Quotes

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It has been said that he who was the first to abuse his fellow-man instead of knocking out his brains without a word, laid thereby… — John Hughlings Jackson
It is strongly suspected that a NEWTON or SHAKESPEARE excels other mortals only by a more ample development of the anterior cerebral lobes, by having… — Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet
Pressure, no doubt, has always been a most important factor in the metamorphism of rocks; but there is, I think, at present some danger in… — Thomas George Bonney
Taking advantage of the method, found by me, of the black staining of the elements of the brain, staining obtained by the prolonged immersion of… — Camillo Golgi
The brain is an island in an osmotically homogeneous sea. — Unknown Author
The fate of the physiology of the brain is independent of the truth and falsity of my assertions relative to the laws of the organization… — Franz Joseph Gall
The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a violent action on… — Thomas A. Edison
The self-same atoms which, chaotically dispersed, made the nebula, now, jammed and temporarily caught in peculiar positions, form our brains; and the 'evolution' of brains,… — William James
There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that will ever remain sacred from… — John Eric Erichsen
Whoever would not remain in complete ignorance of the resources which cause him to act; whoever would seize, at a single philosophical glance, the nature… — Franz Joseph Gall
[An audience conditioned by a lifetime of television-watching is so corrupted that] their standards have been systematically lowered over the years. These guys sit in… — Woody Allen
Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section. — Walter Rudolf Hess
I have not come up with anything original. It needs a better brain than mine! I have done what I can do in taking Dawkins'… — Susan Blackmore
I think we can win it if my brain holds out. — John McGraw
It must be born in mind that one does not see directly - as is the case in the exploration of the surface of the… — Walter Rudolf Hess
No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone… — Alan Turing
Since we humans have the better brain, isn't it our responsibility to protect our fellow creatures from, oddly enough, ourselves? — Joy Adamson
The actual atoms and molecules that make up my brain and body today are not the same ones that I was born with on September… — Michael Shermer
The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose. — Donal Henahan
The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction… — Edgar Rice Burroughs

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