“Do we have a brain? Than use it. It's all you need to overcome a problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.” WorldNeedsUseProblemSimplePowerfulSecretBrainDangerousOvercomingLove LifePrescriptionsDangerous World Author:Benjamin Carson
“Crazy Love is crazy good! Leslie What's brain is evidently crowded with strangeness, awfulness, wonderfulness, wildness, madness of all kinds...and love. Lots of love. How lucky we are that her imagination runs deep, runs true, runs onto the page in crazily beautiful stories -- and lucky, so very lucky, to be holding those stories right now in our hands.” KindStoriesHandsRunningBeautifulImaginationLove IsBrainCrazyRight NowLuckyPagesAnd LoveMadnessAll KindsCrowdedStrangenessWildnessCrazy LoveLeslieAwfulness Author:Molly Gloss
“I mean five thousand years ago people emerge out of nowhere -sproing!- with brains and everything and begin wrecking the planet. You'd think we'd give the issue a little more thought than we do.” PeopleThinkingGivingYearsMeanLittlesBrainIssuesFivePlanetsThousandYears AgoEnvironmentalThousand YearsStewardship Author:Douglas Coupland
“That is the theme of the Million Mom March: 'I don't need a brain - I've got a womb'.” NeedsBrainMillionsMomThemeMarchWombSecond Ammendment Author:Ann Coulter
“Every one of you sitting here today is carrying at least 500 measurable chemicals in your body that were never in anybody's body before the 1920s... We have dusted the globe with man-made chemicals that can undermine the development of the brain and behavior, and the endocrine, immune and reproductive systems, vital systems that assure perpetuity... Everyone is exposed.” MenMadeBodyTodayBrainDevelopmentBehaviorSittingEnvironmentalYour BodyChemicalsExposedPollutionGlobesImmune Author:Theo Colborn
“My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatevers coming next.” SongNextBrain Author:Jeff Mangum
“It's not even known how many kinds of cells there are in the brain. If you were looking for a periodic table of the brain, there is no such thing. I really like to think of the brain as a computer.” IfsThinkingKindBrainKnownComputerTablesCellsPeriodic Table Author:Edward Boyden
“I spoke at TED Global 2010 about the ways that video games engage the brain, and in particular, the idea of reward structures: how a challenge or task can be broken down and presented to make it as engaging as possible.” WayIdeasGamesChallengesBrainParticularBrokenTasksDown AndStructureRewardsVideoSpokesEngagingBroken Down Author:Tom Chatfield
“Art has been good for my soul. And it's been good for my brain. I think I'm a better painter now than I was a musician growing up. You struggle to see things and translate an image through your hands to a canvas.” ThinkingHas BeensArtSoulHandsBrainStruggleGrowing UpGrowingMusicianPainterMy SoulTranslateCanvas Author:Anne Sweeney
“Once I learned how to talk, personally, by myself to any number of people, which means do radio without talking to anyone in particular on the air - I just found that my brain became very free to engage in a sort of stream-of-consciousness style of doing what I do.” PeopleMeanFoundNumbersBrainConsciousnessTalkingAirStyleParticularRadioStreamsStream Of Consciousness Author:Marc Maron
“The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.” ImportantAbleBrainFigures Author:Benjamin Carson
“We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness and we need brain in this country to turn it around.” NeedsCountryTurnsEnergyBrainQuicknessNeed Strength Author:Donald Trump
“Seeing a film at the cinema, or a DVD or whatever at home, your brain is really receptive to not only whether the script's working, or if the actors are acting well, but also the colours.” IfsWellsHomeFilmActorsActingBrainSeeingScriptsCinemaColourDvdsReceptive Author:Crispian Mills
“Most science fiction is about tomorrow, a tomorrow brought to you by innovations in science and technology, and China was worried that if they just have everybody learning what is, they're not going to be in a position to invent a tomorrow because their brain isn't even wired to go in that direction.” IfsBrainFictionTechnologyPositionTomorrowInnovationScience FictionChinaWorriedScience And Technology Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I'm the only one to separate siamese twins.The only one to operate on babies while they were still in mother's womb, the only one to take out half of a brain.But I'm very hopeful that I'm not the only one who's willing to pick up the baton of freedom, because freedom is not free, and we must fight for it every day. Every one of us must fight for it, because we're fighting for our children and the next generation.” ChildrenStillsMotherFightingNextBrainHalfGenerationsWillingBabyPicksOur ChildrenHopefulTwinsWombNext GenerationBaton Author:Benjamin Carson
“If you meet somebody and are attracted to someone, and the exquisite neurons in your brain and her brain intermesh properly, then things can be wonderful. It's not like homework. You don't have to work at the relationship.” IfsBrainWonderfulExquisiteHomeworkNeuronsAttracted To Someone Author:Woody Allen
“Too often we forget how powerful we are as individuals to shape how other people see the world. Each one of us constantly broadcasts to other people - whether consciously or unconsciously - verbally or non-verbally - and those messages influence their brain.” PeopleWorldIndividualForgetPowerfulBrainInfluenceShapesMessages Author:Michelle Gielan
“I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my best work, I've been in a trance-like state.” WellsStatesDoneTogetherSidesBrainCreativeBest WorkTrance Author:George Meyer
“Everybody has two legs, two lobes to the brain which is why we tend to be interested in symmetry, always balancing things.” TwoBrainLegsSymmetry Author:Gore Vidal
“I think in the modern world we really need to have movie theaters or places we can go in and rejuvenate ourselves. I think we'll have less problems with our souls and our health. I do that in my life, and I feel healthy and happy. I need those hours in the darkness where I used to spend time as a kid, sitting in a little closet in the darkness, listening to AM radio, having glowing paint that I illuminated, just sitting there, dreaming about anything, not being disturbed for an hour or two, just alone in the dark. I'm still that little boy in my brain.” ThinkingWorldNeedsFeelsLittlesStillsTwoSoulProblemDreamKidsUsedHoursDarkBrainBoysDarknessModernListeningHealthySittingTheaterPaintRadioClosetsEnd TimesModern WorldSpend TimeDisturbedGlowingLittle BoysMovie TheaterHealthy And HappyAlone In The Dark Author:Peter Stormare
“Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells trying to get them there.” TryingLooksSimpleBrainHardestCellsHardest ThingScreenplaysBrain Cells Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“You love the person for who they are, flaws and all. You can't help who you love, either. It comes from a different side of your brain than the logic part that tells you that this person is horrible for you - "You should walk away!" While you're walking away, the other part of your brain is trying to gain control of your bodily functions. "Turn around! She's the one!"” ShouldTryingPersonsDifferentHelpingTurnsSidesWalksBrainWalkingGainsLogicFunctionHorribleFlawsWalking AwayDifferent SidesBodily Functions Author:Jim Carrey
“The interesting thing with acting, actually, is that you get to be so many different people that you get to do so much research on so many different things that I've learned so much about brain surgery and about astrophysicist-type of things and traveling to amazing parts of the world.” PeopleWorldDifferentInterestingActingBrainTypeResearchI've LearnedDifferent ThingsSurgeryDifferent PeoplesInteresting ThingsBrain Surgery Author:Carla Gugino
“Marijuana does not cause brain damage. Our media does by creating fears, encouraging hate and then selling the remedy to the fears and hate the media creates.” DoeHateCausesBrainMediaCreatingSellingDamageMarijuanaRemedyCreating Fear Author:Steven Machat
“Marijuana allows one to take a breath and see the realities of a situation without the news beating their interpretation into our brains. Pot relaxes you.” RealityBrainSituationNewsBreathsRelaxInterpretationPotMarijuana Author:Steven Machat
“With the advent of digital imaging I made the transition from trying to figure out how to do things to creating objects, characters and the whole cloth. It kind of freed up the analytical part of my brain and I had the opportunity to use more of the creative side of my brain for how things interact with light and integrate into stories.” TryingKindMadeWholeCharacterStoriesUseLightOpportunitySidesBrainCreativeFiguresObjectsCreatingDigitalTransitionIntegratingAdventImaging Author:John Dykstra
“I really think in life there is a lot of mystery and things we just can’t understand and your brain has to adapt... We all have to deal with the twists of fate whether they are explained or not and it’s how you react in life to these curveballs that is really the measure of a man.” ThinkingMenDealsBrainFateMysteryTwistsMeasure Of A ManCurveballsTwist Of Fate Author:Larry Fessenden
“The way financing for independent movies goes is great. You get the money from the guy who's actually doing the distribution in France. You say, "Do you want a piece of this movie?" And he's got to sell this movie to get his money back. That's the brains of it; that's the genius of this financing. "You want Germany? Give us a million dollars and you've got Germany."” WayWantGivingGuyBrainMillionsPiecesGeniusIndependentSellsDollarsFranceGermanyDistributionMillion DollarsFinancing Author:Bill Murray
“Your muscles know nothing. It's your brain. Exercise is something you've got to do the rest of your life. It's a lifestyle. Dying is easy. Living is a pain in the neck. You've got to work at it.” KnowsPainEasyBrainDyingExerciseLifestyleMusclesNecksRest Of Your LifeEasy Living Author:Jack LaLanne
“My thinking brain never stops my creative brain never stops so they wrestle a lot and get in fights sometimes they fight in the night and keep me up.” ThinkingSometimesNightFightingBrainCreative Author:Shelby Lynne
“I just feel like it's so amazing every few years when I'm not making a film to act and basically go back to film school and just watch other filmmakers work and try to be a part of somebody else's vision. So I feel like you do use two very different parts of your brain, and it's great to be able to jump back and forth.” FeelsTryingYearsTwoDifferentUseAbleSchoolFilmBrainVisionWatchesLike YouFilmmakerBack And ForthFilm School Author:Sarah Polley
“In the fetus, or a really young child, all the different brain areas are connected to each other, diffusely. And as the brain develops, the excess connections are turned off, so you get very specialized areas. So most people have really specialized talents. What happens in creative people is this pooling doesn't take place.” PeopleChildrenDifferentHappensYoungBrainCreativeTalentAreasConnectionsConnectedExcessCreative PeopleYoung ChildrenFetusTurned Off Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
“Curiosity illuminates the correct path to anything in life. If you're not curious, that's when your brain is starting to die.” IfsDiesBrainPathCuriosityStartingCuriousAnything In Life Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
“I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.” PeopleSometimesFunnyNamesWishBrainComedySmartIntelligenceWittyCall MeComplimentHilariousBeing SmartSpellingBrianWordplaySmartnessName CallingFunny Clever Author:Mitch Hedberg
“The brain's preferred source of fuel is glucose/carbohydrates. And when you go on a low-carb/high-protein diet, your brain is using low-octane fuel. You'll be a little groggy, a little grumpy.” LittlesBrainSourceGoes OnLowsDietsFuelProteinGrumpyCarbsCarbohydratesGlucose Author:Jack LaLanne
“In most companies, the corporate mentality is if you're over 30, you're on the downhill side, and if you're over 40, you're brain dead. Or, if you're over 30 or 40 and you've been doing it for a while, you've got experience and you want to be paid for that experience.” IfsWantSidesBrainCompanyPaidCorporateMentalityBrain Dead Author:Mike Royer
“I think the brain is a dynamic system in which some parts control or suppress other parts. And if perhaps one has damage in one of the controlling or suppressing areas, then you may have the emergence or eruption of something, whether it is a seizure, a criminal trait - - or even a sudden musical passion.” IfsThinkingMayPassionBrainAreasMusicalCriminalsDamageTraitsEmergenceSuppressingSeizuresEruption Author:Oliver Sacks
“There is no one part of the brain which recognizes or responds emotionally to music. Instead, there are many different parts responding to different aspects of music: to pitch, to frequency, to timbre, to tonal intervals, to consonance, to dissonance, to rhythm, to melodic contour, to harmony.” DifferentBrainAspectHarmonyRhythmFrequencyRespondingIntervalsDissonanceTimbreConsonance Author:Oliver Sacks
“The power of music and the plasticity of the brain go together very strikingly, especially in young people.” PeopleTogetherYoungBrainPower Of MusicPlasticity Author:Oliver Sacks
“I think any apparent contradiction in scripture is my limited capacity. Me trying to understand God is like an ant trying to understand the Internet. I don't have the brain capacity.” ThinkingTryingBrainInternetCapacityScriptureContradictionAnts Author:Rick Warren
“We are going in the direction of artificial intelligence or hybrid intelligence where a part of our brain will get information from the cloud and the other half is from you, so all this stuff will happen in the future.” HappensStuffBrainHalfInformationCloudsArtificial IntelligenceArtificialOther HalfHybrid Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“When I use electronic beats and program things, there's something quite brain about that - you're feeling it in your body but it's like a puzzle you wanna solve, and it gets very detailed. I really enjoy that side of music.” UseFeelingsBodyEnjoySidesBrainBeatsProgramSolveYour BodyPuzzles Author:Bat for Lashes
“When you're younger you have a lot of ideas and you're probably more insecure, all those things. I work with young actors now and I see their insecurities and I make fun of them. I don't make fun of them but I make them laugh, because I know what they're going through. When you get older you think 'It's only a movie after all, it's not brain surgery.'” ThinkingKnowsIdeasYoungActorsBrainLaughingInsecuritySurgeryInsecureYoung ActorsBrain Surgery Author:Anthony Hopkins
“"The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in," says he, with a grin, "'T the blackbird an' phoebe are smarter 'n we be? Jest fold our hands, an' see the swaller An' blackbird an' catbird beat us holler? ... Jest show me that! er prove 't that bat Hez got more brains thans's in my hat, An' I'll back down, an' not till then!"” GivingShowsHandsBrainProveBeatsBirdFlightHatsAviationSmarterBatsShow MeFoldsJestBlackbirds Author:John Townsend Trowbridge
“Our physical senses and our embodied brains allow us to perceive only a small fraction of reality. We cannot see microbes or untraviolet light, for example. We can hear only a small range of sounds. When we try to describe the otherworld of energies and spirits, we are limited not only by our bodily constraints but by the expectations, assumptions, and language patterns ingrained in us by the culture we were raised in.” TryingRealityLightSpiritCultureEnergyLanguageSoundBrainExampleExpectationsRaisedPatternsSensesRangePerceiveAssumptionConstraintsPaganismFractionsMicrobes Author:Starhawk
“The purpose of ritual is to wake up the old mind in us, to put it to work. The old ones inside us, the collective unconscious, the many lives, the divine eternal parts, the senses and parts of the brain that have been ignored.” MindHas BeensPurposeBrainDivineEternalWake UpSensesUnconsciousCollectivesRitualIgnoredPaganismCollective Unconscious Author:Zsuzsanna Budapest
“The sight, sound or even smell of a first love seems to burrow deep into the brain.” FirstsSeemsSoundBrainSightSmellFirst Love Author:Pete Munro
“When you are dealing with a serious compulsion or addictive pattern, then by definition self-will, self-discipline, and any other machinations of the conscious mind are not enough by themselves to handle the problem. It is like a breaker switch in your brain is simply flipped. Anybody who has had this kind of a problem knows that it doesn't matter how intelligent you are. Sigmund Freud said, "Intelligence will be used in the service of the neurosis."” KnowsMindKindSaidSelfMatterEnoughProblemUsedBrainSeriousDisciplineConsciousIntelligentPatternsDefinitionsHandleSelf DisciplineCompulsionNeurosisConscious MindFlippedSelf Will Author:Marianne Williamson
“Friendship is an island that you retreat to and you all fall on the floor and laugh at all the other ninnies that don't have enough brains to have your good taste.” EnoughFallBrainLaughingTasteIslandsRetreatGood Taste Author:Ray Bradbury