Brain Quotes

I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it's ripe; it will be exquisite by September.

Virginia Woolf
The Blue Brain project expects to have a full human-scale simulation of the cerebral cortex by 2018. I think that's a little optimistic, actually, but I do make the case that by 2029 we will have very detailed models and simulations of all the different brain regions.

Ray Kurzweil

I wrote 'Ruined' and 'Vera Stark' at the same time. That's just how my brain functions - when I'm dwelling someplace very heavy, I need a release.

Lynn Nottage
- Time
- Brain
In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have.

Conan O'Brien
- Time
- Help
- Research
How come every other organ in your body can get sick and you get sympathy, except the brain?

Ruby Wax
- Body
- Sick
- Organs
When your entire brain is active, that means you are taking everything in through all sense perception. Your entire memory bank and your instincts are in play, so you make much quicker and more intelligent choices.

Martha Beck
We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain.

Douglas Trumbull
- Emotional
- Memories
- Plant
I don't know if this is the flat-out strangest, but I'll never forget handling a human brain. It had been sliced into sections for autopsy, each about an inch thick, and felt like pork tenderloin. I swear to god, my first thought was that if you were to dust it with chipotle and cinnamon and saute it in butter, it would probably be delicious.

Marcus Sakey
- God
- Brain