Brain Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“Like a government diverting money from defense to education, humans diverted energy from biceps to neurons.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Already, the brain consumed more than a quarter of the body's blood supply... an organ accounting for only a small percentage of body mass.…

— Michael Crichton

“Unlike any other organism in history, humans have a mind-body conflict: we have a body built for performance, but a brain that's always looking…

— Christopher McDougall

“Everyone knew that at some point in history, early humans got access to a big supply of protein, which allowed their brains to expand…

— Christopher McDougall

“In Africa by 1.2 million years ago the brains of Homo rhodesiense had grown to within 6 per cent of the volume of modern…

— Stephen Oppenheimer

“...21st century leaders use their brain cells more than their muscle tissues!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“most expensive in the body, second only to the heart. Neurons may be small, but they’re costly to make and maintain, consuming about ten…

— Jennifer Ackerman

“What then drove forward the evolution of the massive human brain during those 2 million years? Frankly, we don’t know. Another singular human trait…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“No other species flees from boredom with as much urgency as we do. We are far more eager to do brain work than we…

— Greg Carlson

The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with…

— Arthur Koestler

The brain is a commodity used to fertilize ideas.

— Elbert Hubbard

“The human collective knows far more today than did the ancient bands. But at the individual level, ancient foragers were the most knowledgeable and…

— Yuval Noah Harari