Your Brain Quotes
548 Your Brain quotes by 427 unique authors
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Getting punched in the face with a padded glove doesn't really hurt your face. It doesn't hurt your skull. The only thing it hurts is…
— Jonathan Gottschall
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When you spar in boxing, the only thing that gets hurt is your brain. Everything else feels pretty good.
— Jonathan Gottschall
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In an effort to civilize combat sports, authorities mandated padded gloves and instantly made the sports far more savage. Granted, putting gloves on the hands…
— Jonathan Gottschall
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A cliché is dead matter. It causes gangrene in the prose around it, and sooner or later it eats your brain,
— Verlyn Klinkenborg
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Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.
— Jeff Hawkins
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You could try to believe what you wanted, but it never worked. Your brain and your heart decided what you were going to believe and…
— Carol Rifka Brunt
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In order for a musician to grow, he's got to pay his dues. Some musicians ask me, 'well, what do you mean? You're saying I…
— Woody Shaw
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I have been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). It's a terminal disease with an average lifespan of two to five years post-diagnosis, and scientists…
— Steve Gleason
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You can order yourself to treasure a moment, to cling tight to a feeling and never let it fade, but it's your brain, that three-pound…
— Isaac Marion
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Growing older is an opportunity for you to increase your value and competence as the neural connections in your hippocampus and throughout your brain increase,…
— Christiane Northrup
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Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your…
— Sophia Loren
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What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words. Sure, the lyrics…
— Jeff VanderMeer
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When you get to your third millionth frequent flyer mile, I think something snaps in your brain.
— Jeff Foxworthy
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Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.
— Joe Frazier
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Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and…
— Anna Friel
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
— Haile Gebrselassie
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I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.
— Joan Collins
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Everything in New York seems to merit preserving. If it's not historical, it's personal. If it's not personal, it's cultural. But you can't. You can't…
— Sloane Crosley
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You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,'…
— Joe DiMaggio
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If you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn't getting proper exercise.
— Beth Ditto
Who Wrote These Your Brain Quotes
427 authors contributed a total of 548 Your Brain Quotes, led by these top contributors: