“Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.” ThinkingHumansImportantFactsCareSongSimpleBrainOpinionTrumpPeriodsEasierImportant ThingsDon't CareI Don't CareMelodyHuman Brain Author:Ryan Tedder
“After the initial critical learning period of youth is over, the areas of the brain that need to be 'turned on' to allow enhanced, long lasting learning can only be activated when something important, surprising, or novel occurs, or if we make the effort to pay close attention.” IfsNeedsLongImportantEffortPayAttentionBrainKnowledgeNovelYouthPeriodsAreasCriticalLastingSurprisingInitialsLong Lasting Author:Norman Doidge
“When you're making a film you start living with it, and I find myself sitting down and figuring out a sound or melody that would go with a film, or a particular period. It's not brain surgery, you just kind of feel it along.” FeelsKindFilmSoundBrainParticularPeriodsSittingDown AndMelodySurgerySitting DownBrain Surgery Author:Clint Eastwood
“Things go wrong for me, all the time, with technology. I'm not familiar enough with it, and I'm too old school a brain to be able to figure it out. I'm dumb. Anything that I have to attack with my thumbs, for any period of time, makes me feel stupid. So, I try to avoid it, as much as possible, to protect my thumbs.” FeelsTryingEnoughAbleSchoolBrainTechnologyStupidFiguresPeriodsProtectFamiliarDumbThumbsOld School Author:Johnny Depp
“The health dollar is very precious. When someone has such a bad condition as brain cancer, we know they're going to die and they're usually going to die within 12 months of diagnosis. They cost a lot of money to keep the patient alive for that period of time. Is it really worth it?” KnowsDiesBrainAliveConditionsMonthsPeriodsCostDollarsPatientCancerLots Of MoneyWorth ItDiagnosisBrain Cancer Author:Charles Teo
“We humans undergo two major growth spurts: one during infancy and another from eleven to twelve until fifteen or sixteen--pubescence. Between the two is a relatively quiescent growth period in which most of the body takes a rest from growing while the brain continues to mature. This period of life is general referred to as childhood or, sometimes, latency.” HumansTwoSometimesBodyLife IsGrowthBrainGrowingChildhoodPeriodsMajorsMatureTwelveFifteenElevenSixteenInfancy Author:Louise J. Kaplan
“I'm scared of myself. I think I'd be a bad driver. I'm scared of cars, period. I've had too many friends killed now, and I've seen too many people killed in my life when I drove across the country when I was 12. I'm sure that has a lot to do with it. If you see a few real dead bodies with brains on the pavement, it does a lot to change your attitude. It means you can get it too. I've had a lot of relatives killed. I've had a lot of dear friends killed. It's stupid. The whole activity is stupid.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanDoeRealCountryWholeBodyBrainAttitudeCarStupidPeriodsActivityDearScaredDriversDear FriendPavementMany FriendsChange Your Attitude Author:Ray Bradbury
“I don't think of myself as a great improver. A lot of times there's long periods of silence when everyone in the recording studio is looking at their watch and waiting for me to say something. And I'm searching desperately in my brain for anything before something dribbles out.” ThinkingLongWaitingBrainSilenceWatchesPeriodsStudiosRecording StudioDribble Author:Jack Black
“We need physical exercise to prepare our brain for long periods of concentration” NeedsLongBrainPeriodsExerciseConcentrationPhysical Exercise Author:Kevin O'Leary
“It takes uncommon guts to stick to one style in the face of all the pressures to 'come up with something new' every six months. It is tragically easy to be stampeded into change. But golden rewards await the advertiser who has the brains to create a coherent image, and the stability to stick with it over a long period.” LongFacesEasyBrainStyleMonthsPeriodsSixPressureSticksRewardsCome UpGoldenGutsSomething NewStabilitySix MonthsUncommonAdvertisers Author:David Ogilvy