Brains Quotes

985 Brains quotes by 742 unique authors

The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and wait till you… — George Polya
TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains. — Peggy Noonan
A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think. — Anita Loos
With luck on your side, you can do without brains. — Giordano Bruno
However, if we wish to be compassionate with our fellow man, we must learn to engage in dispassionate analysis. In other words, thinking with our… — Walter E. Williams
American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains. — Christine O'Donnell
When the 'weaker' of the two brains (right and left) is stimulated and encouraged to work in cooperation with the stronger side, the end result… — Robert E. Ornstein
Although it is difficult to pinpoint the physical base or location of awareness, it is perhaps the most precious thing concealed within our brains. And… — Dalai Lama
I can state with complete assurance that for each of us our brains form the material basis of our experiences and memories, our imaginations, our… — John Eccles
Basically there are two types of animals: animals, and animals that have no brains; they are called plants. They don't need a nervous system because… — Rodolfo Llinas
Brains cause technology, society, art, science, soap operas, sin. A remarkable set of effects for such a small chunk of coagulated atoms. — Colin McGinn
Minds are simply what brains do. — Marvin Minsky
The principal activities of brains are making changes in themselves. — Marvin Minsky
Brains, like cabbages, are beautiful-but in a different way. Cabbage heads are dumb and sterile, whereas brains are personal, intelligent and vibrant. — Carl Pfeiffer
With its hundred billion nerve cells, with their hundred trillion interconnections, the human brain is the most complex phenomenon in the known universe - always,… — Steven Rose
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
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
Brains can argue, but it takes heart to comfort. — Samuel Chadwick
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

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