Brain Quotes

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Brain: an apparatus with which we think that we think. Mind, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. — Ambrose Bierce
There are in the human mind a group of faculties and in the brain groups of convolutions, and the facts assembled by science so far… — Paul Broca
Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Children use the fist until they are of age to use the brain. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
As long as our brain is a mystery, the universe, the reflection of the structure of the brain will also be a mystery. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Every man if he so desires becomes sculptor of his own brain. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
To know the brain...is equivalent to ascertaining the material course of thought and will, to discovering the intimate history of life in its perpetual duel… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
My hand moves because certain forces--electric, magnetic, or whatever 'nerve-force' may prove to be--are impressed on it by my brain. This nerve-force, stored in the… — Lewis Carroll
It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we… — Francis Crick
It is certain that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter: thus the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental… — Charles Darwin
We know the human brain is a device to keep the ears from grating on one another. — Peter De Vries
There is a little gland in the brain in which the soul exercises its functions in a more particular way than in the other parts. — Rene Descartes
A man with so large a brain must have something in it. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need. — Bob Dylan
Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
They did something once that slurred my speech, and I thought, "Oh, man, you're messing with my brain. It's freaking me out." — Michael J. Fox
If you're going to play a brain surgeon, you just have to learn how to say the words. You don't have to go and learn… — Morgan Freeman
The dream acts as a safety-valve for the over-burdened brain. — Sigmund Freud
To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?" — Howard Gardner

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