Quotes by Brain Recreation is nothing but a change of work-an occupation for the hands by those who live by their brains, or for the brains by those who live by their hands. Dorothy Thompson occupationbrainhands By removing the obstacles that have built up over time, you can grow your brain from baseline to super brain. Deepak Chopra obstaclesgrowsbrain A few moments of inner peace and quiet allows the brain to reset itself. You become more centered as this happens, since the brain is clearing out distractions and too much "cross talk." Deepak Chopra clearing-outinner-peacebrain There is a need for everyone's brain to be imprinted with more self-enhancing impulses: the impulse to peace over violence, love over fear, compassion over selfishness. Deepak Chopra compassionselfbrain But what are you going to do about the people who are cursed with both hearts and brains? Dorothy L. Sayers brainheartpeople My brain begins to work stuff out, but then kinda half way through, it starts wandering off and it's like ahh, unicorns. Dougie Poynter halfbrainstuff I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of youth. Dorothy L. Sayers regretbrainmen The key question is, no matter how much you absorb of another person, can you have absorbed so much of them that when that primary brain perishes, you can feel that that person did not totally perish from the earth... because they live on in a 'second neural home'?... In the wake of a human being's death, what survives is a set of afterglows, some brighter and some dimmer, in the collective brains of those who were dearest to them... Though the primary brain has been eclipsed, there is, in those who remain... a collective corona that still glows. Douglas Hofstadter keysbrainhome The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick. Douglas Adams alcoholgoldbrain The nice thing about having a brain is that one can learn, that ignorance can be supplanted by knowledge, and that small bits of knowledge can gradually pile up into substantial heaps. Douglas Hofstadter niceignorancebrain How gullible are you? Is your gullibility located in some "gullibility center" in your brain? Could a neurosurgeon reach in and perform some delicate operation to lower your gullibility, otherwise leaving you alone? If you believe this, you are pretty gullible, and should perhaps consider such an operation. Douglas Hofstadter leavingbrainbelieve You can imagine a soul as being a detailed, elaborate pattern that exists very clearly in one brain. When a person dies, the original is no longer around. But there are other versions of it in other people's brains. It's a less detailed copy, it's coarse-grained. Douglas Hofstadter soulbrainpeople We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain. Douglas Trumbull emotionalbrainmemories Brain damage and stupidity are very different things, but can have similar effects on the wearer. Dov Davidoff stupiditydifferentbrain Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value. Douglas Coupland twentiesbrainmean The outsourcing of our memory to machines expands the amount of data to which we have access, but degrades our brain’s own ability to remember things. Douglas Rushkoff databrainmemories Anythin' wrong leaves a kind of impression on the eye; brain trots along afterwards with the warnin'. Dorothy L. Sayers eyekindbrain Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack. Dr. Seuss cellsbrainlaughing Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries. Douglas MacArthur soldierbrainreality Brains are tricky and adaptable organs. For all the 'neuroplasticity' allowing our brains to reconfigure themselves to the biases of our computers, we are just as neuroplastic in our ability to eventually recover and adapt. Douglas Rushkoff neuroplasticitycomputerbrain«4243444546474849505152»
