Organs Quotes

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It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Seen in retrospect, evolution as a whole doubtless had a general direction, from simple to complex, from dependence on to relative independence of the environment,… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
Although we tend to think of the brain as a discrete organ - a lump of squidgy tissue - it is better to think of… — Tim Birkhead
In proportion to our body mass, our brain is three times as large as that of our nearest relatives. This huge organ is dangerous and… — Susan Blackmore
The brain is a complex biological organ of great computational capability that constructs our sensory experiences, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and control our actions. — Eric Kandel
Is the brain, which is notably double in structure, a double organ, 'seeming parted, but yet a union in partition'? — Henry Maudsley
The brain is the organ of destiny. It holds within its humming mechanism secrets that will determine the future of the human race. — Wilder Penfield
The brain is not, like the liver, heart and other internal organs, capable from the moment of birth of all the functions which it ever… — Ray V. Pierce
The brain, to be sure, is indeed the physical embodiment of the mind, the organ through which the mind finds expression and through which it… — Jeffrey M. Schwartz
There are those among us who would have us say that the mysteries of the brain are completely solved and little needs to be added… — Nicolas Steno
Behavior is ultimately the product of the brain, the most mysterious organ of them all. — Ian Tattersall
By brain is meant, in the first instance, something more than the pink-grey jelly of the anatomist. It is, even to a scientist, the organ… — William Grey Walter
In order to understand what is meant by the word 'brain' as it is used by neuroscientists, we must bear in mind the evidence that… — John Zachary Young
Symptoms, then, are in reality nothing but a cry from suffering organs. — Jean-Martin Charcot
Organic chemistry is the study of organs; inorganic chemistry is the study of the insides of organs. — Max Shulman
Why it is that animals, instead of developing in a simple and straightforward way, undergo in the course of their growth a series of complicated… — Francis Maitland Balfour
It is probably no exaggeration to suppose that in order to improve such an organ as the eye at all, it must be improved in… — Joseph Murray
O most sacred, most loving heart of Jesus, thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and thou beatest for us still.... Thou art the heart… — John Henry Newman
One can truly say that the irresistible progress of natural science since the time of Galileo has made its first halt before the study of… — Ivan Pavlov
The fact remains that, if the supply of energy failed, modern civilization would come to an end as abruptly as does the music of an… — Frederick Soddy

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