Brain Quote by Lyall Watson Download Open image “If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.” — Lyall Watson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Brain Inspirational Inspire Inspiring Intelligence Learning Science Self improvement Simple Would be
If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. — Emerson M. Pugh Copy Share Image
If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't. — Ian Stewart Copy Share Image
“If the brain was simple enough to be understood - we would be too simple to understand it!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Dear Hilde, if the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it.… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Our brains are the most complicated objects that we have so far encountered in the Universe. We are far from simple. Indeed, were our… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A large brain, like large government, may not be able to do simple things in a simple way. — Donald O. Hebb Copy Share Image
Since the brain is unlike any other structure in the known universe, it seems reasonable to expect that our understanding of its functioning -… — Richard Restak Copy Share Image
We have to remain humble about our understanding of the brain, because even our most powerful tools remain pretty blunt instruments for decoding the… — Thomas R. Insel Copy Share Image
For the sake of sanity, the brain and the eyes keep things simple. But take away the sense of sight and suddenly things are… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
The limits of sensory evolution in fish are defined very largely by their habitat. Water is physically supportive, carries some kinds of odour well,… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
“We are in tune, and given the chance, we do things tunefully. We dance.” — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
Smell is stimulating. It stirs things up and makes us nostalgic - a wonderful word which literally means 'ache for home' - which serves… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
It is a fascinating and provocative thought that a body of water deserves to be considered as an organism in its own right. — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
We share our planet quite naturally with a permanent aeroplankton; a buoyant ecology too soft to hear, too small to see, but heavy with… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
Smell was our first sense. It is even possible that being able to smell was the stimulus that took a primitive fish and turned… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
“He was his usual philosophic self and tried very hard to explain to me that although life was stained with agony, this was necessary.… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
Breathing air is a liberating experience. It freed our ancestors from the constraints of staying wet or having to remain within easy reach of… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
“It is a truism among researchers into smell that all human subjects behave as if they themselves do not smell like humans, because all… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
Smell is a long-distance sense, a way of stretching time and finding out in advance what lies ahead. — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
In some circles where very heavy people think they have very heavy brains, words like "charming" and "clever" and "pretty" are all put-downs; all… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
down with ought with because with every brain that thinks it thinks nor dares to feel. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To explicate the uses of the Brain seems as difficult a task as to paint the Soul, of which it is commonly said, that… — Thomas Willis Copy Share Image
I prefer the word 'musician.' I'm a musician and a composer. I have a problem with the word 'artist.' I don't know if it's… — Stromae Copy Share Image
My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
The reason I'm drawn to it is - both the off road racing and the motorcycles on the track - it takes a lot… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
Without illusions. I love you because you are fallible and because your poor misguided testosterone-corrupted brain has you doing cartwheels trying not to be.… — Cindy Gerard Copy Share Image
being asked to decide between your passion for work and your passion for children was like being asked by your doctor whether you preferred… — Helen Bevington Copy Share Image
I was told I had brain damage. I always knew it was an unfair label. Now I have a clearer understanding of what's wrong… — Susan Boyle Copy Share Image
The act of learning to read added an entirely new circuit to our hominid brain's repertoire. The long developmental process of learning to read… — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
