Brain Quotes - Page 7

My head is a prison I’ve been locked in from the start,
So if I'm treated like a criminal I might as well play the part.

(attrib: E. Tancarville)

It's a mind, it works by metaphor.

You can do what you decide to do - but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.

God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise.

A brain is only capable of what it could conceive, andit couldnt concieve what it hasnt experienced

Wit and puns aren't just decor in the mind; they're essential signs that the mind knows it's on, recognizes its own software, can spot the bugs in its own program.

...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will be more likely to be recalled in the future.

my brain is my boss, and I'm my brain's worst employee

As revolutionary as it may be, the Net is best understood as the latest in a long series of tools that have helped mold the human mind.

We are well on our way to a unified theory of biology that will merge body and environment, brain and mind, genome and microbiome.

The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day.

A human mind was built for contact with similar minds. It should, - in fact, - it must think about what is going on around it; for, if it is shut up in a thick, dark, bony box of a skull, it will always stay in that condition known as "status quo"; and grow up, antagonistic to all surroundings.

Acquiring a blissful brain and in peace, is when i think positively, the sounds around and within me become music, my movement as one of a conscious dance, my smile breaking in to an infectious laughter, my mind transcending in meditation, and my life grows and becomes a celebration!

My brain tends to take the scenic route. Things come to the forefront of my mind sooner or later, it just takes time.

To remain vital, culture must be renewed in the minds of the members of every generation. Outsource memory, and culture withers.

I'm an insomniac, my mind works the night shift.

Good to know we're all twelve years old mentally. Keeps things in perspective.

Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

You’re an English major, aren't you?”
“Hey!” Immediately retreating, Keith swatted at him with a dishcloth. “Leave my brain alone. It’s resting.”
“Sorry, sorry.” He leaned away, hands up to display his surrender. “I didn't mean it, I take it back.”
“You’d better

The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren't there. The answers are there in the morning.