Brains Quotes

985 Brains quotes by 742 unique authors

There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are… — Joseph Campbell
Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond. — Buzz Aldrin
I don’t believe in “laying to rest” the past. There are wounds we won’t get over. There are things that happen to us that, no… — Christian Wiman
Stress and anxiety cause our brains to release chemicals that put lines in our faces and tear us down emotionally and spiritually. — Chris Prentiss
Contrary to what our brains are telling us, there's no mystical force that imbues a winner with a streak of luck, nor is there a… — Charles Seife
I wanted to show them I will never give up. We have to keep together. I still believe in myself. I will never change. The… — Paolo Di Canio
It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea with… — Barry S. Strauss
If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you… — George Bernard Shaw
With the acting, it's somebody else's brainchild, and I'm just sort of helping flesh it out. There's a special satisfaction to being the brains behind… — Jack Black
I am racking my brains to find out why he left without saying goodby to me. — Eva Braun
Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to… — Charles Churchill
And not a girl goes walking Along the Cotswold lanes But knows men's eyes in April Are quicker than their brains. — John Drinkwater
In Britain, an attractive woman is somehow suspect. If there is talent as well, it is overshadowed. Beauty and brains just can't be entertained; someone… — Vivien Leigh
God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than of any other slackers. If you are thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you you are… — C.S. Lewis
It is not so much that we, using our brains, spin our yarns, as that our brains, using yarns, spin us. — Daniel Dennett
Human beings do not carry civilization in their genes. All that we do carry in our genes are certain capacities- the capacity to learn to… — Margaret Mead
College is a place where a professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either. — Mark Twain
All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the… — George MacDonald
Though we have been stuffing them into classrooms and cubicles for decades, our brains actually were built to survive in jungles and grasslands. A lifetime… — John Medina
A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we… — Amy Poehler
Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of life is to… — Leo Buscaglia
I always tried to be open-minded, but not so open-minded that my brains would fall out. As G. K. Chesterton says, "The purpose of opening… — Josh McDowell
You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains. — Eduard Shevardnadze
I have also known some of the world's finest brains and some of these, though passionately fond of chess, have been pretty poor players. I… — Harry Golombek
It is through the cracks in our brains that ecstasy creeps in. — Logan Pearsall Smith

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