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Quotes About Stimulation

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Life alone can rekindle life.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
Experiments show that infants just entering the third trimester will move or alter their heart rate, or both, in response to a strong light beamed at the womb.
~ John Medina
Here's something you can try at home if you are eight months pregnant or if you have a baby younger than 5 months old. If the infant has already arrived, place him on his back. Then gently lift up both of his legs, or both of his arms, and let them drop back to the bed of their own weight. His arms will usually fling out from the sides of his body, thumbs flexed, palms up, with a startled look on his face. This is called the Moro reflex.
~ John Medina
attention Brain Rule #6 We don't pay attention to boring things.
~ John Medina
What is now called the nature of women is an eminently artificial thing—the result of forced repression in some directions, unnatural stimulation in others.
~ John Stuart Mill
cualquier cosa que hagamos que implique novedad, variedad y desafío, estimula el cerebro y puede contribuir a aumentar la reserva cognitiva.
~ Elkhonon Goldberg
A book should open old wounds, even inflict new ones. A book should be a danger.
~ Emil Cioran
Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
~ Balzac
Dad's absence in our lives now was so complete it almost felt cruel. In six months' time, I would be in a place I'd never been before, being stimulated by lots of new experiences, continuing my journey toward the flavors of the next phase of my life.
~ Banana Yoshimoto
Boredom is the mind's way of rejecting anything that lacks nutrients.
~ Barbara Sher
If I drink coffee, I have to turn the lights off and lay down. I can't handle it.
~ Perfume Genius
I hate being bored.
~ Jameis Winston
The generation we live in, we're constantly entertained - we turn our heads this way, and there's something else to entertain us. Sitting down in one seat for two hours may not be enough anymore.
~ Ruthie Ann Miles
If we speak of direct means for the culture of the imagination, the whole is comprised in two words--food and exercise.
~ George MacDonald
Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties
~ George Orwell
Caffeine is hard on an empty system, so I try not to do it unless it's to get my heart rate up. If you drink caffeine 15 minutes before the workout, it can make it more effective. So I'll do tea or coffee after breakfast.
~ Anna Kaiser
Anything that's slightly dangerous and gets the heart rate going is my kind of workout.
~ Ellen Hollman
Any kind of workout has a lot of benefits. But working out in open spaces provides environmental stimulation and helps you connect with nature.
~ Gurmeet Choudhary
I just think that the Europeans are depriving themselves of a high-employment economy, and they are depriving themselves of intellectual stimulation in the workplace - and personal growth - by sticking to the stultifying, rigid system that I call corporatism.
~ Edmund Phelps
What makes me happy is just keeping my brain challenged and stimulated and on its toes.
~ Seth MacFarlane
The most powerful sex organ was the brain, you know what that means Poor Justin!
~ Sarah Strohmeyer
Let My thoughts burst freely upon your consciousness, stimulating abundant Life.
~ Sarah Young
Everything dangerous and risky was exciting. Maybe she should try some excitement.
~ Sarah-Kate Lynch