Brain Quote by Jostein Gaarder

If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.

— Emerson M. Pugh

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.

— Lyall Watson

If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.

— Ian Stewart

We can understand almost anything, but we can't understand how we understand.

— Albert Einstein

“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t. —Scientist Emerson M. Pugh”

— Peter Black

If we understood something just one way, we would not understand it at all.

— Marvin Minsky

It is never possible to understand completely any other human being; and no individual will ever really understand himself - the complexity is too…

— Edward T. Hall

There are so many intricacies to our brain that won't be understood unless we start to look at the system as a whole. All…

— Paul Allen

To think that we can understand everything is such stupidity because our senses are so limited. We are so limited that to feel that…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

— John K. Fairbank

I don't think that anyone can really understand anything until it's understood on a cellular, emotional level.

— Rebecca Hall

We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.

— Wendell Berry