Animal Quote by Iain Banks

Smell is the sense of memory and desire.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues.

— Will Cotton

Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious.

— Fernando Pessoa

Smell is the shortest synaptic leap in the brain to our memory, and I'm amazed that people don't sniff everything.

— Richard E. Grant

Brains don't really smell, but what's amazing about the brain is that it's almost like scrambled eggs or soft tofu, almost like a gel.…

— Ellen Pompeo

Smell is incredibly important and sensual; it communicates who you are.

— Anonymous

Smell is a long-distance sense, a way of stretching time and finding out in advance what lies ahead.

— Lyall Watson

Smell is the mute sense, the one without words.

— Diane Ackerman

Smell and taste differentiate, whereas language, like sight and hearing, integrates.

— Michel Serres

Smell is stimulating. It stirs things up and makes us nostalgic - a wonderful word which literally means 'ache for home' - which serves…

— Lyall Watson

Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger…

— Donna Karan

The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin