Cerebral Quotes

83 quotes by 78 authors

He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral. — Ursula K. Le Guin
It is certain that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter: thus the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental… — Charles Darwin
No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the conviction that different parts of… — Herbert Spencer
If we could look through the skull into the brain of a consciously thinking person, and if the place of optimal excitability were luminous, then… — Ivan Pavlov
I found it hard to make friends in school, because I was a cerebral person. — Lana Del Rey
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote against. Some we… — Ihab Hassan
Chess is a natural cerebral high. — Walter Browne
How I like claret!...It fills one's mouth with a gushing freshness, then goes down to cool and feverless; then, you do not feel it quarrelling… — John Keats
We were made to be neither cerebral men nor visceral men, but Men. Not beasts nor angels but Men - things at once rational and… — C.S. Lewis
I consider the differences between man and animals in propensities, feelings, and intellectual faculties, to be the result of the same cause as that which… — Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.… — Oscar Peterson
I'm simply saying that our deepest thoughts, desires and preoccupations manifest themselves in art, whether we intend them to or not. That's what art is… — Simon Pegg
I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a… — Laura San Giacomo
We live in the Age of the Higher Brain, the cerebral cortex that has grown enormously over the last few millennia, overshadowing the ancient, instinctive… — Deepak Chopra
I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through. — Liz Phair
While wine may be only a drink, it is also one of the most complex sensory pleasures we enjoy. It is as cerebral as it… — Natalie MacLean
My space chums think my unique hookup with humanity could be evolution's awkward attempt to jump-start itself up again. They're thinking just maybe, going crazy… — Lily Tomlin
I am delighted that I have found a new reaction to demonstrate even to the blind the structure of the interstitial stroma of the cerebral… — Camillo Golgi
It is strongly suspected that a NEWTON or SHAKESPEARE excels other mortals only by a more ample development of the anterior cerebral lobes, by having… — Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet
Taking advantage of the method, found by me, of the black staining of the elements of the brain, staining obtained by the prolonged immersion of… — Camillo Golgi

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