Quotes About Brain

For me, life is a somnolence that does not affect the brain. I keep that free as a place in which to be sad.

Se o que há de lixo moral e mental em todos os cérebros pudesse ser varrido e reunido, e com ele se formar uma figura gigantesca, tal seria a figura do comunismo, inimigo supremo da liberdade e da humanidade.

She had never given much thought to the devil for she felt that religion was essentially for those people who didn't have the brains to avoid evil without it.

The kiss, which had more pressure than feeling behind it, produced that extra surge of adrenalin in the girl that enables one to carry a packed trunk out of a burning house, but in her, the power went at once to the brain.

It's really fascinating stuff, the science of sleep. We don't think of it in terms of that, but it really is.

The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.

I think it keeps your brain moving faster, singing in another language.

To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems.

Everyone - male and female - is biased. But no one wants to admit it, so our brains search for examples that disprove the accusation.

I don't think anyone disagrees that male and female brains work differently.

Most people understand that the more words children are exposed to, the stronger their vocabularies will be. But fewer people are aware that the quality of the words also significantly affects brain development.

The brain is one of the richest green fields of science. There's so much yet to be discovered.

I can analyze how I do things, but the actual doing it - when the synapses just start firing - I can't explain.

The brain is behind the really big questions we have. Who am I, what is my identity? What is that based on? If memories are encoded in connectomes, your personality might be in your connectome. If that's the case, that's the basis of your uniqueness as a person.

I was reluctant to join Twitter. My biggest concern was, I don't want these thoughts that pop into my brain to be immediately broadcast. There's a danger in that. And also - who cares?

My wife says I have a frontal lobe issue. Your frontal lobe controls your danger response, like, 'Whoa, I shouldn't be doing this.'

Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.

Healthful whole foods improve our brain function as well.

We live in a culture that is much happier talking about organic brain disease than about psychic illness because the former suggests that something that is physically wrong in a brain is wholly unrelated to that person's upbringing or experiences in the world, but that is not necessarily true.

Have you ever held a snake? They are so strong. You can see why there are so many myths about them: they are unlike any other creature. It's extraordinary how that little brain can keep everything moving in different directions.

The story of gluten as it relates to the brain throws a wide net, so much more encompassing than the inflammation of a small section of the small intestine that characterizes celiac disease.

Even though disciplined sleeping habits and the adrenalin of live radio ensures that we are very awake while on duty, there is evidence of a phenomenon called circadian desynchronosis which causes one's brain to function slowly at those times of day when it thinks it should be asleep, regardless how wide awake the body is.

Our understanding of the human brain can be dramatically accelerated if we collect and share research data on an exponentially wider scale.

The disease I have is quite a rare cancer, and it is located in a limited area - a very widespread area, but narrow. So a lot can happen if the cancer starts getting really aggressive, pressing on parts of the brain and causing me to lose either my speech or my ability to think, etc.