Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was surprised that the relationship between intelligence and brain structure changed so much as a child grows up. In early childhood, the smartest children had a thinner cortex -- this is the opposite of what you'd expect. By late childhood, the pattern had changed completely.

Basically, Louisiana has been a poster child for brain drain, especially whites with college degrees,

Because they hadn't had a line in, they had to scramble around and get a line placed, and by then, unfortunately, he suffered major brain damage.

Thom Mayne

I'm a private person by nature. I live in my brain half the time, not the world, and I'm not a natural negotiator. But I've learned to negotiate.

Matthew Williamson

I have a business brain so we work very well together.

From thy eyes, thy nostrils, ears, and chin--the disease which is seated in thy head--from thy brain and tongue I do tear it out.

Jeremy Roenick

I don't think it takes the brain of a rocket scientist to figure out that they had more jump than we did. We didn't have any kind of work ethic that they did. You have to start off with a guy like myself . . . and it goes right down the line.

Robert Blake

For the year before I was arrested, I was told to shut up, and I did. I don't know any more about criminal law than I do about brain surgery, so I did what I was told for a year -- while everybody said whatever they wanted to say about me, in the press, the media, on the streets, anywhere,

Michelle Paver

Have you ever held a snake? They are so strong. You can see why there are so many myths about them: they are unlike any other creature. It's extraordinary how that little brain can keep everything moving in different directions.

Ernie Irvan

Having this inaugural event at MIS is a testimony to those living with brain injuries. I am truly appreciative of the support everyone has shown - especially those who have registered to walk and the sponsors who have joined me in this mission.

Ernie Els

He's a great champion. I love picking his brain about what he was thinking when he was winning all those tournaments.

Sean Marshall

He's a good guy to pick his brain a little bit. It's great to be by his side and talk to him and learn from him and watch his work habits.

Farrah Fawcett

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.

Frank Catalanotto

Keith's a brain. He's smart, and he takes a lot of pride in what he does.

Devin Aromashodu

Just sitting on a room and taking a test like that, you don't know what to expect. It picks your brain apart.

Joey: It's just my character that's not brain-dead.

Rick Reilly

Joe Kay isn't half as quick of feet or brain as the old one,

Greg Walker

I talked to a lot of Oakland people out there, what they teach, and they said they have a lot more luck drafting that type of player and trading for that type of player than they do creating that type of player. I think it's just the way your brain works. It's very hard to teach.

We can do immediate neurosurgical head trauma. If your brain is swelling from bleeding, you don't have a whole lot of time. You cannot wait to go to Germany.

Today it takes more brains and effort to make out the income tax form than it does to make the income.

There is no evidence that the tongue is connected to the brain

The people, they relate to me. In my life, I've had a lot of heartache. I lost friends after my brain injury.

We've been very focused on curing brain cancer, which we now do in about 68 percent of the kids,

We've found another part of the story - the mechanism in the brain that builds up sleep pressure is working at a different rate in adolescents than in pre-pubescent children.

Mark Pagel

Humans like to think of themselves as unusual. We've got big brains that make it possible for us to think, and we think that we have free will and that our behavior can't be described by some mechanistic set of theorems or ideas. But even in terms of much of our behavior, we really aren't very different from other animals.

He didn't want to overwhelm me with a bunch of stuff, ... But I picked his brain and said, 'I don't care if you overwhelm me. I've got a lot of stuff to work on and the last month and all off-season to work on it and want to get right.'

Albert Einstein

He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

Craig Cameron

He has a great football brain and if he falls out with Carlton we are here.

Vicente Fox

He has a good foot for kicking, but he doesn't have a good brain for talking,

Aaron Peirsol

He has a gift, man. A physical and mental gift. To be able to do all those different strokes, obviously his brain functions differently from most people's.

Richard Davidson

He has been very interested in investigating the brain function of monks who have practiced for many, many years, to investigate how their brain function might have been changed by their practice,

He is in a wheelchair because some of the nerves in the brain have been damaged. He has had learned to talk, hold his head up and everything again.

Harry Redknapp

He is coming in to learn. He's coming in to pick people's brains and I'm happy with that. But I am the manager and I pick the team and recommend the players.