Life Quotes

Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

My interests span biology, though sometimes I feel like an anachronism, somebody from the Victorian era when there weren't so many boundaries dividing the sciences.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by me, that's something you'll have to deal with.

Ving Rhames

I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of it.

Ving Rhames

I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.

Ving Rhames

The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner.

Ving Rhames

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

Virgil

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Virgil

The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.

Virgil

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.

Virgil

Fate will find a way.

Virgil

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

Virgil

It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.

Virgil