Brains Quotes

The difference between mind and brain is not a difference of quality, but a difference of arrangement. It is like the difference between arranging people in geographical order or in alphabetical order, both of which are done in the post office directory. The same people are arranged in both cases, but in different contexts. In […]

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods.

I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.

The brain is like a TV set; when it goes blank, it’s a good idea to turn off the sound.

O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! That we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts! (Othello)

For mad scientists who keep brains in jars, here’s a tip: why not add a slice of lemon to each jar, for freshness?

Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?

Our brains are seventy year clocks, the angel of life winds them up once and for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the angel of resurrection.

Brain – the apparatus with which we think that we think.

He: Let’s end it all, bequeathin’ our brains to science. She: What?!? Science got enough trouble with their own brains.