“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
“Any idiot would know women's needs are simple. All we want is your basic millionaire brain surgeon criminal lawyer great dancer who pilots his own Lear Jet and owns seafront property. On the other hand, things being what they are today, most of us will settle for a guy who holds down a steady job and isn't carrying an infectious disease.” KnowsWantNeedsHandsTodayJobsGuyWomenSimpleBrainDiseasePropertyCriminalsLawyerIdiotSettlingDancerSteadyPilotsMillionaireJetSurgeonsLearCriminal LawInfectious DiseasesBrain Surgeons Author:Linda Sunshine
“Here's the truth: People, even regular people, are never just any one person with one set of attributes. It's not that simple. We're all at the mercy of the limbic system, clouds of electricity drifting through the brain.” PeoplePersonsSimpleBrainMercyCloudsAttributesElectricityTemperamentDrifting Author:Jonathan Nolan
“Perfect replication is the enemy of any robust system... Lacking a central nervous system much less a brain the parasite is a simple system designed to compromise a very specific target host. The more uniform the host, the more effective the infestation.” SimplePerfectBrainEnemyNervousCompromiseTargetHostUniformsLackingNervous SystemRobustParasitesCentral Nervous SystemReplication Book:Daemon Source: Daemon
“The press don't like to say nice things because nice is boring. It's much better to label me the devil. What we do is not brain surgery. We are entertainers, plain and simple, and we're responsible to bring that money back, to make a profit.” SimpleBrainNiceDevilResponsiblePressesProfitBoringLabelsSurgeryEntertainersNice ThingsPlain And SimpleBrain Surgery Author:Michael Bay
“All that's known is this: there is no central processor, no single computer. Nothing that simple. Millions of neurons process information simultaneously and in parallel, not linearly, but the actual chemistry and electrical properties of that integrative process are still being mapped. Even so, it seems odd that during the evolution of brain circuitry and thinking, the ability to understand itself did not get wired in. Such built-in innocence seems like a terrible oversight.” ThinkingMindStillsSeemsProcessSimpleAbilityBrainKnownMillionsInformationEvolutionTerribleComputerBuiltPropertyInnocenceOddChemistryParallelsElectricalNeuronsOversightProcessors Book:A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning Source: A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning
“S. E. Smith's I Live in a Hut has a deceptively simple title, considering that the brain in that hut contains galaxies-worth of invention: At night when your soldiers are praying ceaselessly for less rain and more underwear my soldiers make underwear out of rain. These poems seesaw between despair and delight but delight is winning the battle. Smith is a somersaulting tightrope walker of a poet and her poems will make you look at anything and everything with new eyes: For days I tried to rub the new freckle // off my hand until I realized what it was / and began to grant it its sovereignty.” LooksHandsEyeNightWinningSimpleBrainPoetPrayingBattleDespairRainSoldierDelightI RealizedInventionTitlesGrantsConsideringSovereigntyGalaxyUnderwearWalkersHutsFrecklesAnything And EverythingNew EyesMy SoldierSeesaw Author:Matthea Harvey
“Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend.” WorldLifeEnoughForceSimpleBrainMiddleConsequenceCleverReleaseNew WorldPrimitiveCavesTerrific Author:Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
“In 'Self Comes to Mind' I pay a lot of attention to simple creatures without brains or minds, because those 'cartooned abstractions of who we are' operate on precisely the same principles that we do.” MindSelfSimplePayAttentionBrainPrinciplesCreaturesWho We AreAbstraction Author:Antonio Damasio
“Any attempt to reduce the complex properties of biological organisms or of nervous systems or of human brains to simple physical and chemical systems is foolish.” HumansSimpleBrainPropertyComplexesFoolishNervousChemicalsOrganismsHuman BrainNervous System Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“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
“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
“I don't feel very good about myself. People always leave me. Nobody can stand me for very long. I wish I could cut my tongue out, or take out the part of my brain that has opinions. Or cares. I wish I could be simple. Be quiet, introverted, or shy. I'm half way in between a wallflower at a party and Elvis Presley. People love one or the other. In between is no place to be.” PeopleWayFeelsLongCareWishSimplePartyBrainHalfOpinionCuttingQuietVery GoodTongueShyLeaving MeIntrovertedHalf Way Author:Jack White
“For the sake of sanity, the brain and the eyes keep things simple. But take away the sense of sight and suddenly things are not so simple.” EyeSimpleBrainSightSakeSanity Author:Olafur Eliasson
“Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story.” StoriesSimpleBrainConsciousnessAddAcquire Author:Antonio Damasio
“If protesting against having a nuclear bomb implanted in my brain is anti-Hindu and anti-national, then I secede. I hereby declare myself an independent, mobile republic. I am a citizen of the earth. I own no territory. I have no flag. My policies are simple. I'm willing to sign any nuclear non-proliferation treaty or nuclear test ban treaty that's going. Immigrants are welcome. You can help me design our flag.” IfsHelpingEarthSimpleBrainPolicyDesignWillingCitizensTestsIndependentNuclearWelcomeBombsHelp MeImmigrantsRepublicTerritoryFlagsMobileBansTreatiesProliferationNuclear BombProliferation Treaty Author:Arundhati Roy