Brains Quotes

985 Brains quotes by 742 unique authors

Physical presence provides chemical, relational, psychological and physiological effects that virtual relationships cannot. Our brains change in the presence of another person and their behavior. — Henry Cloud
Our retinas and brains have been wired by a hundred million years of evolution to find outlines in a visually complex landscape. This helps us… — Seth Shostak
My childhood is more hick than I could ever possibly relate to you, and also more intellectual than you would ever expect. For instance, me… — Shea Hembrey
Our eyes and brains pretty consistently like some human forms better than others. Shown photos of strangers, even babies look longer at the faces adults… — Virginia Postrel
Most of our brain cells are glial cells, once thought to be mere support cells, but now understood as having a critical role in brain… — Thomas R. Insel
It is astonishing that human brains, which evolved to cope with the everyday world, have been able to grasp the counterintuitive mysteries of the cosmos… — Martin Rees
More-radical scholars insist that an inherent clash exists between science and our long-held conceptions about consciousness and moral agency: if you accept that our brains… — Paul Bloom
We can imagine our bodies being destroyed, our brains ceasing to function, our bones turning to dust, but it is harder - some would say… — Paul Bloom
Revolutions are of no us;, it is necessary to work on transforming the brain: on sowing a different knowledge/awareness, on creating a new conscience, that… — Alejandro Jodorowsky
We have about 100 million cells interconnected in our brains. They communicate with one another through electrical signals. — Miguel Nicolelis
We basically created a computational unit out of two brains. — Miguel Nicolelis
In the developed world, hundreds of millions of us now face the bizarre problem of surfeit. Yet our brains, instincts, and socialized behavior are still… — Martha Beck
All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while… — Martha Beck
Like solo sailors venturing into the Southern Ocean, climbers are seduced by risk. The desire to push to a summit or scale a rock face… — Charles Duhigg
Books externalise our brains and turn our homes into thinking bodies. — John Updike
Like our physical bodies, our memory becomes out of shape. As children, we are constantly learning new experiences, but by the time we reach our… — Tony Buzan
Some people, no matter how robust their stock portfolios or how healthy their children, are always mentally preparing for doom. They are just born worriers,… — Robin Marantz Henig
Stress overload makes us stupid. Solid research proves it. When we get overstressed, it creates a nasty chemical soup in our brains that makes it… — Gail Sheehy
At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains. — Gary Johnson
If you hear a statistic, you will make up a story to go with it, because our brains are organized on narrative. And you may… — Gloria Steinem
The body itself is an information processor. Memory resides not just in brains but in every cell. No wonder genetics bloomed along with information theory.… — James Gleick
We have developed a culture in which we eat with our taste buds, not our brains. — David H. Murdock
All human states are organic brain states - happiness, sadness, fear, lust, dreaming, doing math problems and writing novels - and our brains are not… — Siri Hustvedt
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the… — Ethel Barrymore
The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy. — Tris Speaker

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