Brain Quotes

4501 Brain quotes by 2589 unique authors

If it is mind that we are searching the brain, then we are supposing the brain to be much more than a telephone-exchange. We are… — Charles Scott Sherrington
Swiftly the brain becomes an enchanted loom, where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern-always a meaningful pattern-though never an abiding one. — Charles Scott Sherrington
He solved at a stroke the great question of the direction of nerve-currents in their travel through brain and spinal cord. — Charles Scott Sherrington
Your brain receives, stores, and processes information, dispenses results, and controls your biological equipment. When properly programmed, computers can do likewise, except that they control… — John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
The peculiar fascination of the brain lies in the fact that there is probably no other object of scientific enquiry about which we know at… — Unknown Author
Before brains there was no color or sound in the universe, nor was there any flavor or aroma and probably little sense and no feeling… — Roger Wolcott Sperry
There probably is no more important quest in all science than the attempt to understand those very particular events in evolution by which brains worked… — Roger Wolcott Sperry
The centermost processes of the brain with which consciousness is presumably associated are simply not understood. They are so far beyond our comprehension that no… — Roger Wolcott Sperry
We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of every Muscle, and… — Nicolas Steno
There are those among us who would have us say that the mysteries of the brain are completely solved and little needs to be added… — Nicolas Steno
Behavior is ultimately the product of the brain, the most mysterious organ of them all. — Ian Tattersall
Your brain never stops developing and changing. It's been doing it from the time your were an embryo, and will keep on doing it all… — James Trefil
The brain secretes thought as the stomach secretes gastric juice, the liver bile, and the kidneys urine. — Unknown Author
By brain is meant, in the first instance, something more than the pink-grey jelly of the anatomist. It is, even to a scientist, the organ… — Unknown Author
The eye and brain are not like a fax machine, nor are there little people looking at the images coming in. — Torsten Wiesel
To explicate the uses of the Brain seems as difficult a task as to paint the Soul, of which it is commonly said, that it… — Thomas Willis
In order to understand what is meant by the word 'brain' as it is used by neuroscientists, we must bear in mind the evidence that… — John Zachary Young
The principles now being discovered at work in the brain may provide, in the future, machines even more powerful than those we can at present… — John Zachary Young
Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical labyrinth that senses… — Carl Zimmer
The very same brain centers that interpret and feel physical pain also become activated during experiences of emotional rejection. In brain scans, they light up… — Gabor Mate
All changes, even positive ones, are scary. Attempts to reach goals through radical or revolutionary means often fail because they heighten fear. But the small… — Robert D. Maurer
Brains can argue, but it takes heart to comfort. — Samuel Chadwick
I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve that, either. So… — Quincy Jones
Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents. — Jeff Hawkins
Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak… — Owen Feltham

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