Nerves Quotes

664 Nerves quotes by 537 unique authors

Made up of a dozen billion microscopic nerve-cell units interconnected by millions upon millions of conducting nerve-threads weaving incredibly intricate patterns, the brain, as an… — Unknown Author
The human brain is estimated to have about a hundred billion nerve cells, two million miles of axons, and a million billion synapses, making it… — Tim Green
Each of us lives within the universe - the prison - of his own brain. Projecting from it are millions of fragile sensory nerve fibers,… — Unknown Author
Among the millions of nerve cells that clothe parts of the brain there runs a thread. It is the thread of time, the thread that… — Wilder Penfield
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
He solved at a stroke the great question of the direction of nerve-currents in their travel through brain and spinal cord. — Charles Scott Sherrington
The advances of biology during the past 20 years have been breathtaking, particularly in cracking the mystery of heredity. Nevertheless, the greatest and most difficult… — H. Bentley Glass
The stimulus of competition, when applied at an early age to real thought processes, is injurious both to nerve-power and to scientific insight. — Mary Everest Boole
The brain seems a thoroughfare for nerve-action passing its way to the motor animal. It has been remarked that Life's aim is an act not… — Charles Scott Sherrington
Even when I took the drugs I realized that this just wasn't fun anymore. The drugs had become a part of my routine. Something to… — Cherie Currie
Training can get on a man's nerves. There is no profit or use in denying it. — Alfred Shrubb
Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or… — Howard Thurman
It takes something to get married: nerve, hope, a strong desire to make a certain statement - and it takes something to stay married: more… — Amy Bloom
Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
The Iraqi regime . . . possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has produced… — George W. Bush
No, I'm afraid they might slip and hit a nerve and I'd end up with one side of my face hanging down or something. I'll… — Lauren Bacall
The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in cafes… — Richard Reti
The meek shall inherit the earth. They won't have the nerve to refuse it. — Jackie Vernon
It is imperative to maintain portions of the wilderness untouched so that a tree will rot where it falls, a waterfall will pour its curve… — Bernard DeVoto
Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the same… — Viktor Korchnoi

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