“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
“That's what I hate about the war on drugs. All day long we see those commercials: "Here's your brain, here's your brain on drugs", "Just Say No", "Why do you think they call it dope?" … And then the next commercial is [singing] "This Bud's for yooouuuu." C'mon, everybody, let's be hypocritical bastards. It's okay to drink your drug. We meant those other drugs. Those untaxed drugs. Those are the ones that are bad for you.” ThinkingLongWarHateNextBrainDrinkDrugSingingOkayI HateBudDopeWar On DrugsHypocriticalJust Say No Author:Bill Hicks
“If I became just a brain in a jar - as long as I can communicate back and forth with people, that would be okay with me.” PeopleIfsLongI CanWould BeBrainOkayCommunicateBack And ForthJars Author:Atul Gawande
“I'd say that that is a challenge, but it also is, again, it's helpful. It's helpful to have the discipline of, okay, I'm doing, I'm doing something that's quite precise over here, working the puppet, and I'm doing something that's very imprecise and creative and unleashed over here, which is the comedy side. And it's kind of nice to allow your brain to be doing those two things at once.” KindTwoSidesChallengesBrainCreativeComedyNiceDisciplineOkayTwo ThingsHelpfulPrecisePuppetsUnleashed Author:Brian Henson
“If you have certain problems with your brain but are raised in a good home, you might turn out okay. If your brain is fine and your home is terrible, you might still turn out fine. But if you have mild brain damage and end up with a bad home life, you're tossing the dice for a very unlucky synergy.” IfsStillsEndsProblemHomeMightCertainTurnsBrainFineTerribleOkayRaisedDamageDiceUnluckySynergyHome Life Author:David Eagleman
“What I do usually is read the book first, for pleasure, to see if my brain starts connecting with it, as a movie. And then, if I say yes, I read it again, only this time I take a pen and, inside the book, I say, "Okay, this is a scene. I don't need this. I'm going to try this. I'm not going to take this." And then, I use that book like a bible and each chapter heading, I write a menu of what's in that chapter, in case I ever need to reference it. And then, I start to outline and write it. I get in there and it starts to evolve, based on having re-read it again.” WritingTryingBookPleasureBrainSceneOkayEvolvePens Author:Richard LaGravenese
“It's censorship, really. I don't see why it's not okay for somebody under the age of 17 watch someone smoking when they can watch someone have their brains blown out? My son and I were watching an ad on the television the other day. And it said, "Rated R." He said, "What does 'rated R' mean?" I said, "God, I don't know. You can't watch it unless you're over a certain age."” MeanAgeBrainSonOkaySmokingMy SonCensorshipNot Okay Author:Emily Mortimer
“I can't let fear kill my creative brain. Fear is the killer. Your bad choices come from fear. And I'm constantly combating fear. I'm one of the most fearful people, which may be why I'm so sensitive about it. I combat fear, constantly. So, when something like this happens, it only makes us stronger, but it reminds you that your strength is by being able to fight that stuff off and being okay with failure. If I get everything I wish and I get to make movies for the rest of my life, I'm going to have many failures and I need to be okay with that.” PeopleChoicesFightingWishBrainCreativeOkayStrongerSensitiveFearful Author:Jon M. Chu
“Dead woman are not romantic,' Sophie said flatly. 'Okay, she's not dead,' Phin said. 'The bear ate her, and she came her brains out.” SaidBrainBearsOkaySophie Book:Welcome to Temptation/Bet Me Source: Welcome to Temptation/Bet Me