Brain Quotes

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I have a big heart and a small brain. — Ville Valo
To feel successful, you must be able to be honest about the things that are really important to you. — Daniel Amen
The neural processes underlying that which we call creativity have nothing to do with rationality. That is to say, if we look at how the… — Rodolfo Llinas
...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will be… — Daniel J. Siegel
I usually like to interact with people who don't speak until it's necessary but I was intimidated by Carl's physique. I didn't feel inferior so… — Max Barry
I want to pull very long, multi-colored strings out of my brain and place them next to a bowl of Doritos at a party — Megan Boyle
Man is not going to wait passively for millions of years before evolution offers him a better brain. — Unknown Author
Mr. McCleod: And if there's anything I want you guys to take with you from this class, as you're abusing your bodies over break, is… — Laura Kasischke
Something I owe to the soil that grew-More to the life that fed-But most to Allah who gave me two Separate sides of my head.… — Rudyard Kipling
How come every other organ in your body can get sick and you get sympathy, except the brain? — Ruby Wax
Almost 400 years ago, Shakespeare was portraying adolescents in a very similar light to the light that we portray them in today - but today… — Unknown Author
[We assume] that the self is an actual living thing, but it's not. It's a projection which our clever brains create in order to cheat… — Thandie Newton
It is as if one by one, the memories you used to harbor decided to retire to the Southern Hemisphere of the brain. — Billy Collins
A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it. — Antonio Damasio
How can you have this reference point, this stability, that is required to maintain the continuity of selves day after day? — Antonio Damasio
Scott Fitzgerald said famously that 'he who invented consciousness would have a lot to be blamed for.' But he also forgot that without consciousness, he… — Antonio Damasio
The autobiographical self has prompted extended memory, reasoning, imagination, creativity and language. And out of that came the instruments of culture - religions, justice, trade,… — Antonio Damasio
The autobiographical self is built on the basis of past memories and memories of the plans that we have made; it's the lived past and… — Antonio Damasio
We are not passive exhibitors of visual or auditory or tactile images. We have selves. We have a Me that is automatically present in our… — Antonio Damasio
What happens [in a coma] is that you lose the grounding of the self, you no longer have access to any feeling of your own… — Antonio Damasio

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