Brain Quotes
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Put simply, behavioural economics argues that human beings' decision-taking is guided by the evolutionary baggage which we bring with us to the present day. Evolution has made us rational to a point, but not perfectly so. It has given us emotions, for example, which programme us to override our rational brain and act more instinctively.
Evan Davis
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And then I don't know why, but I felt sad. And then I started thinking about my brother. Every time I felt sad, I thought about him. Maybe deep down a part of me was always thinking about him. Sometimes, I caught myself spelling out his name. B-E-R-N-A-R-D-O. What was my brain doing, spelling out his name without my permission?
Benjamin Alire Saenz
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We need to develop the intuitive capacities of the brain that some geniuses have manifested over humanity's lengthy history.
Thomas Keating
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I don't believe consciousness is generated in the brain any more than television programs are made inside my TV. The box is too small.
Terence McKenna
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It's not always the strong that survive. It takes brains, guts, tolerance and forward thinking.
Georges St-Pierre
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the brain, the mind, and all the things that happen inside it, it's a very erogenous zone.
Raquel Welch
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The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.
Edwin Percy Whipple
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I think animation is a very truthful way to express your thoughts, because the process is very direct. That's what I've always liked about animation, particularly abstract animation. You go from the idea to execution, straight from your brain. It's like when you hear someone playing an instrument, and you feel the direct connection between the instrument and his brain, because the instrument becomes an extension of his arms and fingers. It's like a scanner of the brain and thought process that you can watch, or hear.
Michel Gondry
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The brain is probably the most mysterious subject there is.
Susumu Tonegawa
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Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.
Ray Bradbury
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I want my brain to slide back into the slot it was meant to be in, rest there the way it did before the fall of last year, back when I was young, witty, and my teachers said I had incredible promise.
Ned Vizzini
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It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesn’t want to think anymore; all of a sudden it wants to do.
Ned Vizzini
