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Brain Quotes

Quotes on the mind, cognition, and neuroscience.

Several quotes here compare human and animal brain development, while others get technical about how scientists actually study brain tissue and electrical activity. For a narrower angle, see Brain Power.

We are a country that lacks riches. The Jewish brain, that's what we have. Everything that we've had and will have in this country is the direct and clear product of higher education. If we harm this system, we will...

Quotes by Aaron Ciechanover

I think my characters with my fingers, I think my characters with my guts. But when I say I think them, that is what I do, I feel them with the sympathetic neurons and I work out with my brain...

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

I'm quite interested in my own mental processes, simply because I'm a failed scientist, and because I'm interested in how the brain and the mind works, and I like to avoid easy descriptions.

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

In our world of sleek flesh and collagen, Botox and liposuction, what we most fear is the dissolution of the body-mind, the death of the brain.

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed.

Quotes by A. N. Wilson

At age three, if you have a still-growing brain, it's a human behavior. In chimps, by age three, the brain is formed over 90 percent. That's why they can cope with their environment very easily after birth - faster than...

Quotes by Zeresenay Alemseged

I think, you think critically all day, you've got a lot of decisions to make, so you've got to make sure that you take a couple of seconds every day to relax your brain a little bit.

Quotes by Zac Taylor

Story was that human civilization started to develop with first social network. Emerged where population concentration was high. Helped propel to where we are now. Facebook is next step of creating a huge human brain to embrace hundreds of million,...

Quotes by Yuri Milner

As soon as my brain starts working on reading a book, my dreams get a little more exciting, and music comes a little more naturally for me.

Quotes by Yung Lean

The Lyme disease had so severely affected my brain functioning that it was extremely hard for me to think, form sentences, and stay focused.

Quotes by Yolanda Hadid

Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing...

Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma

Your brain has the power to modify your pain perception.

Quotes by Wim Hof

I had to find the interconnection of my brain together with my physiology.

Quotes by Wim Hof

Breathing exercises produce brain waves.

Quotes by Wim Hof

I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work.

Quotes by Win Butler

I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience.

Quotes by William Mapother

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

Quotes by William Congreve

A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe...

Quotes by Will Ferrell

I think hopefully we've got enough brain cells left to decide if our music is really worth something.

Quotes by Will Champion

If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?

Quotes by Warren Ellis

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about human brain development?
One quote compares human and chimp brain development, noting that at age three a human's brain is "still-growing," while a chimp's brain by the same age is "formed over 90 percent" — which the quote suggests helps explain why chimps cope with their environment more easily early on.
Is there a quote questioning where thoughts come from?
Yes, one quote poses a playful analogy, asking whether believing "your thoughts originate inside your brain" means you'd also believe "television shows are made inside your television set." It's a way of questioning simplistic ideas about how the brain produces thought.
Do any quotes get into the science of studying the brain?
Yes, a couple of quotes reflect on the technical side of brain research. One notes that real understanding of "the deep sections of the brain" comes only from working through it "histologically in serial section." Another points out researchers don't see directly where electrodes are working, comparing it to "the exploration of the surface of the brain."
Are these quotes more scientific or everyday in tone?
This page mixes both — some read like plain everyday observations about how we think, while others come from a more clinical, research-minded perspective on brain anatomy and function. If you like the more energetic side of brain-related quotes, check out our Brain Power collection.
What other brain-themed collections are available?
You can also browse Brain Cells quotes, Brain Damage quotes, and Brains quotes for more angles on the topic.

If a quote here raises questions about cognitive decline, Brain Damage covers that territory, and Brains offers a lighter-hearted companion set.