Mimic Quotes

66 quotes by 65 authors

The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells - called neurons - lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive powers… — William Allman
Human life has the software and hardware to go the distance. All we need to do is know our nature and mimic nature's way. Do… — John Douillard
There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler. — Art Carney
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom. — Plato
Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes us.… — Huston Smith
Knowledge is a mimic creation. — Horace Mann
Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local… — David Holmgren
The effort of using machines to mimic the human mind has always struck me as rather silly. I would rather use them to mimic something… — Edsger Dijkstra
Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings. — David Adjaye
Prints mimic what we are as humans: we are all the same and yet every one is different. I think there's a spiritual power in… — Kiki Smith
Men are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family — Jane Smiley
As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we try to run… — Amby Burfoot
What matters are not the truths other people tell us or the practices that we are able to mimic, but the spiritual discoveries we make… — Adyashanti
In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology… — Christopher Hitchens
For now, we assume that self-evolving robots will learn to mimic human traits, including, eventually, humor. And so, I can't wait to hear the first… — Lance Morrow
As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them, your… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch
A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it… — Matthew Barney
Sometimes even feeling bad feels good. Negative emotions can feel so familiar (especially if they mimic our past) as to actually be comforting. Awareness is… — Danielle LaPorte
The most complex object in the known universe: brain, only uses 20 watts of power. It would require a nuclear power plant to energize a… — Michio Kaku

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