“The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.” Quote by John Eric Erichsen
“Made up of a dozen billion microscopic nerve-cell units interconnected by millions upon millions of conducting nerve-threads weaving incredibly intricate patterns, the brain, as an object of research, presents a defiant challenge to its own ingenuity.” MadeChallengesBrainMillionsObjectsResearchPatternsBillionsCellsNervesDozenThreadUnitsIngenuityIntricateConductingInterconnectedWeaving Author:William Feindel
“The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100 billion neurons. Although that extraordinary number is of the same order of magnitude as the number of stars in the Milky Way, it cannot account for the complexity of the brain. The liver probably contains 100 million cells, but 1,000 livers do not add up to a rich inner life.” WayHumansOrderThreeStarsNumbersBrainMillionsRichFourAccountsAddExtraordinaryBillionsCellsComplexityPoundsInner LifeMagnitudeLiverHuman BrainNeuronsMilky Way Author:Gerald Fischbach
“The object of my researches is the brain. The cranium is only a faithful cast of the external surface of the brain, and is consequently but a minor part of the principal object.” BrainObjectsResearchCastsSurfaceFaithfulMinorsPrincipalSkullsResearchersAnatomyAnatomy And Physiology Author:Franz Joseph Gall
“Now I have demonstrated, that the convolutions of the brain are nothing but the peripheric expansion of the bundles of which it is composed; consequently the convolutions of the brain must be recognized as the parts in which the instincts, sentiments, propensities are exercised; and, in general the moral and intellectual forces.” ForceBrainMoralIntellectualInstinctSentimentsExpansionBundlesPropensity Author:Franz Joseph Gall
“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.” MindHas BeensProblemBrainStudyFashionAmountRemainsEnormousPsychologicalDataCharacteristicsReasonableTechnological Author:Michael Gazzaniga
“The human brain is generally regarded as a complex web of adaptations built into the nervous system, even though no one knows how.” KnowsHumansBrainKnow HowBuiltComplexesNervousAdaptationHuman BrainNervous System Book:The Mind's Past Source: The Mind's Past
“One of the difficulties in understanding the brain is that it is like nothing so much as a lump of porridge.” UnderstandingBrainDifficultyNeuroscienceLumpsPorridge Author:Richard Gregory
“The human brain is estimated to have about a hundred billion nerve cells, two million miles of axons, and a million billion synapses, making it the most complex structure, natural or artificial, on earth.” HumansTwoEarthNaturalBrainMillionsHundredStructureComplexesBillionsMilesCellsNervesArtificialHuman BrainSynapses Author:Tim Green
“Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.” IfsHappensDeathFineEternalHumorousEternityWittyNothingness Author:Woody Allen
“I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.” ThinkingForcePrimariesSpoil Author:John Cleese