Brain Quotes

4501 Brain quotes by 2589 unique authors

A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there… — Vladimir Nabokov
I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both. — Erwin Rommel
I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You… — J D Salinger
There are few of us who have not sometimes wakened before dawn, either after one of those dreamless nights that make one almost enamoured of… — Oscar Wilde
When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there… — Helen Keller
If I could put my brain in her body, the world would be mine for the taking. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Scientists have discovered that the small brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light… — Natalie Angier
The brain acknowledged the approach of death while the heart stubbornly insisted upon immortality. — Dean Koontz
As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way… — Scott Westerfeld
That's the way the mind works: the brain is genetically disposed towards organization, yet if not controlled, will link even the most imagerial fragment to… — Tom Robbins
what sphinx of cement and aluminium bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination — Allen Ginsberg
When at the typewriter I am no longer where I site but am away across the mountains, in ancient cities or on the Great Plains… — Louis L'Amour
Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye. — Max Barry
I'm willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else's living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer to… — John Updike
Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn't have to invent a thing. — Jonathan Safran Foer
The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include With ease, and you beside. — Emily Dickinson
The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying… — Mary Roach
If language naturally evolves to serve the needs of tiny rodents with tiny rodent brains, then what's unique about language isn't the brilliant humans who… — Temple Grandin
down with ought with because with every brain that thinks it thinks nor dares to feel. — E E Cummings
Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage. — Erma Bombeck
Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you? — Scott Westerfeld
I sometimes used to ask myself, what on earth did I love her for? Maybe fore the warm hazel iris of her fluffy eyes, or… — Vladimir Nabokov
Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the… — Stephen King
And the rain was brain colored and the thunder sounded like something remembering something. — Stan Rice

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