Brain Quotes - Page 12

• We know the human brain is a device to keep the ears from grating on one another.

  Peter De Vries

  Ears, Devices, Humans

  Comfort me with Apples Ch. 1

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• Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

  Will Cuppy

  Silly, Thinking, Blood

  Will Cuppy (2008). “The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody”, p.32, David R. Godine Publisher

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• While there have been great technological advances in the study of the brain, yielding enormous amounts of data on its physical and psychological characteristics, the old problem of relating mind to brain in a reasonable fashion remains unaccomplished.

  Michael Gazzaniga

  Fashion, Data, Mind

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• "Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever." "And he has Brain." "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain." There was a long silence. "I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything."

  Benjamin Hoff

  Funny, Clever, Humor

  "The Tao of Pooh". Book by Benjamin Hoff, 1982.

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• If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.

  Ivo Andric

  Fear, People, Ruling The World

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• In the course of four hours, I watched my brain completely deteriorate in its ability to process all information. On the morning of the hemorrhage, I could not walk, talk, read, write or recall any of my life. I essentially became an infant in a woman's body.

  Jill Bolte Taylor

  Morning, Writing, Body

  "My stroke of insight". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2008.

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• Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need.

  Bob Dylan

  Needs, Nerves, Civilized

  Song: Unbelievable, Album: Under The Red Sky, 1990

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• We have allowed brain thinking to develop and dominate our lives.
  As a consequence, we are at war within ourselves.
  The brain desiring things which the body does not want, and the body desiring things which the brain does not allow; the brain giving directions which the body will not follow, and the body giving impulses which the brain cannot

  Alan Watts

  War, Thinking, Giving

  Alan Watts (1951). “The Wisdom of Insecurity”, Vintage

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• It is because of his brain that he [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.

  Will Cuppy

  Science, Men, Animal

  "How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes".

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• There's all kinds of reasons that you fall in love with one person rather than another: Timing is important. Proximity is important. Mystery is important. You fall in love with somebody who's somewhat mysterious, in part because mystery elevates dopamine in the brain, probably pushes you over that threshold to fall in love.

  Helen Fisher

  Falling In Love, Important, Dopamine

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• If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker.

  Thomas Huxley

  Mean, Men, Hands

  Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley (1900). “Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley”

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• I've got the brain of a four year old. I'll bet he was glad to be rid of it.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Inspiration, Years

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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 lump of hamburger, that makes the final call.

  Isaac Marion

  Order, Feelings, Finals

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• Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

  Martha Beck

  Eye, Oxygen, Feelings

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• Everyone's been so quick to say that I'm really thick or I haven't got a brain. People will think whatever they want to think.

  David Beckham

  Inspirational, Thinking, People

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• I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up.

  Erma Bombeck

  Blow, Mind, Goes On

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• That's like making fun of a maniac because his brain isn't completely right, because he isn't in the norm.

  Alice Cooper

  Fun, Norm, Maniacs

  Interview with Mike Quigley, www.mjq.net. September 1969.

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• The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!

  Daniel Dennett

  Home, Rocks, Sea

  Consciousness Explained ch. 7 (1991)

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• A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Business, Men, Library

  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) "Five Orange Pips"

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• When you get to your third millionth frequent flyer mile, I think something snaps in your brain.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Funny, Humor, Thinking

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• Young kids are doing the same thing I did, but they're doing it differently. They don't do brain surgery the way they used to do it either.

  Tom T. Hall

  Kids, Way, Used

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• Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy.

  Marilu Henner

  Swings, Balance, Energy

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• Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.

  Erica Jong

  Funny, God, California

  Erica Jong (1995). “How to Save Your Own Life”, N A L Trade

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• Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.

  John Crawford Crosby

  Listening Ear, Mentor, Ears

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• A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious.

  Eminem

  Funny, People, Half

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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