“I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.” IfsThinkingWantUseBrainLike YouMilkNerdVenomRattlesnakes Author:Chris Hardwick
“You know you've got to exercise your brain just like your muscles.” KnowsHealingBrainLike YouExerciseMuscles Author:Will Rogers
“Live as though you don't exist; like you are two eyeballs floating in space with nothing behind them. No brain attached. Not even hair - Nothing.There is a place inside your own heart, inside your own being that knows the kind of seemingly foolish things I speak and it is totally thrilled to be reminded of this infinite expanse and infinite joy that it is. Find this place.” KnowsHeartKindTwoJoySpeakSpaceBehindsBrainLike YouHairInfiniteFoolishFloatingExpanseEyeballsFloating In Space Author:Mooji
“Sometimes I forget what I put in. I want to capture things in that way, where you're looking into your memory, a dream or hallucination. The characters become a mixture of archetypes, [and] that's what I like. You're trying to figure it out and your brain wants to categorize things, but it can't because of this motion. You want to solve the problem, but it never gets solved. It's like when you read a really good book and the story never leaves you.” WayWantTryingBookSometimesCharacterStoriesProblemDreamMemoriesForgetBrainFiguresLike YouSolveCaptureMixturesGood BookOur MemoriesHallucinationsArchetypeI Like You Author:Ali Banisadr
“I was so frivolous for so many years. It was so much fun, but you feel guilty about the brain energy you use to think about whether some celebrity was sleeping with another celebrity. The conjecture that goes along with that. You feel like your mind has been shot apart.” ThinkingFeelsYearsMindHas BeensUseEnergyFunSleepBrainLike YouShotsGuiltyFrivolousConjecture Author:Chelsea Handler
“Even though you really don't feel like you're motivated to go to the gym, remember how good you felt after the last time you went. Keep that in the forefront of your brain.” FeelsLastsRememberFeltBrainLike YouMotivatedGymLast Time Author:Bob Harper
“We have to unclutter our brains from worries that maybe people don't like us. Women tend to worry about popularity; it doesn't matter if they like you. They need to respect you. They need to show that respect for you in your pay check. And that needs to be okay.” PeopleIfsNeedsMatterShowsPayBrainWorryLike YouOkayChecksPopularity Author:Mika Brzezinski
“You know what we can be like: see a guy and think he's cute one minute, the next minute our brains have us married with kids, the following minute we see him having an extramarital affair. By the time someone says, 'I'd like you to meet Cecil,' we shout, 'You're late again with the child support!'” ThinkingKnowsChildrenKidsGuyNextBrainSupportMinutesLike YouLateMarriedAffairFollowingCuteOne Minute Author:Cynthia Heimel
“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
“It does no good to run. And it does no good to hide. But I know what it's like. Your brain shuts down, and you follow your instincts. Or, at least, you.” KnowsDoeRunningBrainLike YouDown AndInstinct Author:Mike Carey
“When you see a movie, it's like you're attending a show of magic in which the magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat. You don't know how he did it, but a part of you is fascinated, or hypnotized, by what happened, another part of your brain says, "Oh, I want to do the same thing! I want to be that wielder of that magic. I want to be that magician on stage, and do the same thing to other people."” PeopleKnowsWantShowsBrainKnow HowHappenedMagicStageLike YouHatsFascinatedMagicianRabbitsAttending Author:Gaspar Noe
“When you're stressed out or nervous, the logical side of your brain goes out the window and you have no idea what's happening. But, that is a lot of fun. It feels like you are an action hero.” FeelsIdeasActionFunSidesBrainLike YouHeroHappeningsWindowNervousNo IdeaLogicalStressedStressed OutAction Heroes Author:Katia Winter
“Making art, being creative, is risky, especially for actors, but everybody on the set is being creative. You're putting yourself out there with ideas, and to have your brain be free of stress so that it can actually do its best work, it feels like you want to have a real sense of intimacy and connection and trust with everybody.” WantFeelsArtIdeasRealActorsBrainCreativeLike YouArt IsConnectionsStressIntimacyWorking ItBe CreativeBest WorkPutting Yourself Out There Author:Lynn Shelton
“I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my own world without ay interruption. And now it's like your brain is getting so trained to check your phone, and there is like a dopamine release every time you get a text whether it's a good or a bad one. I'm really worried about what it's doing to our minds.” WorldWayMindAbleUsedHoursMy OwnBrainFourLike YouPhonesFocusedChecksUsed To BeReleaseWorriedChairsInterruptionsDopamineMy Own World Author:Brit Marling
“But the biggest beauty advice I've given my daughter is every morning I say, "Genesis, what are the two best parts of you?" And she says "my brain and my heart." And I say, "You've gotta remember that, Genesis. You've gotta remember that you're not what you look like," you know? I think that's the best beauty advice I could give her.” ThinkingKnowsGivingLooksHeartTwoRememberGivenBrainMorningAdviceLike YouMy HeartDaughterMy DaughterEvery MorningGenesis Author:Viola Davis
“Some of the best records are the ones that really affect you the most - they're pure emotion and energy, and it's like you're in that person's brain. It's pretty cool.” PersonsEnergyEmotionBrainRecordsLike YouPure Author:Ty Segall
“So it's like your brain has a large filing cabinet and it's opening up each drawer and it's taking in various images and memories from the day, consolidating what it needs to and puts in whatever file. And then if there's something that doesn't fit in any of the files and doesn't really belong, you'll forget about it. So it's a way of really getting a succinct way of storing things in your brain.” IfsWayNeedsMemoriesForgetBrainLike YouFitVariousOpeningFilesCabinetsDrawersOpening UpFilingFiling Cabinet Author:Shelby Harris
“We think is happening in the brain, the way I like to think about it is, it's almost like, you're brain is going through all these stages of sleep and it's developing in children so fast that it's almost like you're shifting gears in a car. And at some point, you actually stall out a little bit, and that's kind of what happens during a night terror.” ThinkingWayKindChildrenLittlesHappensNightBitsSleepBrainStageCarLike YouLittle BitHappeningsTerrorDevelopingShiftingGearsNight Terrors Author:Shelby Harris
“People see everything through a filter of them, of their own selves. And it's like, you can't be depressed because somehow that has something to do with me. And it's like - no, it doesn't. This is my brain. This is my body. These are my emotions. It's got nothing to do with you. You don't want me to get help for whatever reason you don't want me to get help. But I'm out here, and I need to get help.” PeopleReasonHelpingEmotionBrainLike YouWant Me Author:Gabourey Sidibe