Brain Quotes

4501 Brain quotes by 2589 unique authors

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins. — Keith Henson
People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive… — Keith Henson
Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success. — Keith Henson
The worst days are when you feel foggy in the head - chemo-brain they call it. It's awful because you feel boring. As well as… — Christopher Hitchens
You and I have been physically given two hands and two legs and half-decent brains. Some people have not been born like that for a… — Glenn Hoddle
To me there is no more depressing sight than a five-year-old staring at a screen, unsmiling, mouse in hand. Besides whatever dreadful things this prolonged… — Tom Hodgkinson
I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me. — John Hodgman
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. — Eric Hoffer
Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active. — Anthony Hopkins
I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where… — Anthony Hopkins
I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't… — Anthony Hopkins
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'. — David Hume
If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's… — Thomas Huxley
I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go… — Helen Hunt Jackson
Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it.… — Jesse Jackson
Just think of the opportunities we can unlock by making education as addictive as a video game. This type of experiential, addictive learning improves decision-making… — Naveen Jain
The human brain works as a binary computer and can only analyze the exact information-based zeros and ones (or black and white). Our heart is… — Naveen Jain
Just as physical exercise is a well-known and well-accepted means to improve health for anyone, regardless of age or background, so can the brain be… — Naveen Jain
My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to… — Naveen Jain
Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to… — Naveen Jain
The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that… — Naveen Jain
Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. — King James I
There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover,… — Gertrude Jekyll
If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between… — Bruce Jenner

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