Quotes of: Brain Keyword

…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies that originate in the lively brains of little people.

Little Men

When his brain died, all of the memories held in his gray matter, along with all of the knowledge he had acquired, would simply evaporate in a flood of chemical reactions.

The Lost Symbol

There was the focus of seeking pleasure, and the numbing effect, once they were finished, removing all specific thoughts from her brain. It ushered in the solid, dreamless sleep that otherwise eluded her.

The Lowland

The limited mind owned by human.. requires billions of brains of many generations, before capable enough to understand the truth, the kind of truth which will set us free.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

I always thought the key to immortality would be, like, tiny robots fixing things in your brain,” she says. “Not books.

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If she turned around, she would lose it.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Air goes in and out of my nose, throat, lungs, blood, heart brain - and so I am

Sorta Like a Rock Star

She tried to argue, and tell him that he had mixed in his dull brain two matters, theology and morals, which in the primitive days of mankind had been quite distinct.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

You could try to believe what you wanted, but it never worked. Your brain and your heart decided what you were going to believe and that was that. Whether you liked it or not.

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Were the earth smooth, our brains would be smooth as well; we would wake, blink, walk two steps to get the whole picture, and lapse into a dreamless sleep.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain: ‘This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that only the simplest animals perceive the universe as it is (21).

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

In truth, there is no such thing as an “intuitive boundary” of a sensory state. That most philosophers take such states as brain-bound is not an intuition, but a prejudice.

The Peripheral Mind: Philosophy of Mind and the Peripheral Nervous System

Mind chatter: a clatter of left-brain rains of doubt, worry, guilt, shame in a thunderstorm of fear. Forgive the chatter, clear your mind.

Pay Me What I'm Worth

If only religion an opiate. No known narcotic rots the brain so fast.

The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism: The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens

Remove the computer chips lodged in your brain before they convince you that you’ve gone insane… Take a bite out of reality instead of becoming a reality byte.

Reality, Bits, Bytes and Chips

He was thoughtless, not because he was insensitive, but because I had just eaten his brain and his skull was empty.

This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks

Sometimes my thoughts are too slimy for my brain, and they come shooting out of my penis. They are life-changing thoughts, so I’d recommend taking them deep inside of you. 

This Book is Not FOR SALE

The brain is an incredible multitasker. At the same time that it's piercing itself with superheated needles of anguish, it's ruthlessly making plans, contingencies, plotting out a future, giving zero fucks whether it'll ever see it.

Unteachable

...our brains are minuscule fragments of the universe, much too small to hold all the facts of the world but not too idle to speculate about them.

Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology

I want to take a trip to Shakespeare's brain and vacation there with his thoughts may be I also start writing about twisted love and betrayals.

Write like no one is reading 2

I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy...

Wintergirls