The thing we don’t want to do is overstate the benefits, but there is all kinds of proof that exercise, both physical and mental, increases brain activity. – Nolan Bushnell
You can’t be two people in your brain, one rock dude and a dad – there’s something in the middle of them, and that’s really what you are and that’s going to make you the best dad – not when you try to be one or the other. – Gerard Way
All relationships change the brain – but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the self. – Diane Ackerman
All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that’s bad. – Michel Gondry
Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God. – Erica Jong
I don’t know where I got the idea for ‘The Great Thumbprint Drawing Book’; I just told my brain to think of a book, and it did. – Ed Emberley
The authority of depression is horrifying. I felt like my brain was busted and that I could never feel good again. I really thought that I was never gonna heal. – Dick Cavett
There’s no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym – it’s a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter. – Danica McKellar
A small minority of strokes are hemorrhagic strokes, which are caused by bleeding into the brain when a blood vessel bursts. – Michael Greger
Parkinson’s is described as a progressive idiopathic neurodegenerative disorder, a brain disease that will worsen with time for which no cause has as yet been identified. – David Perlmutter
Soul development depends on attachment and bonding. Every brain and body is genetically wired to develop itself, but the full soul development of brain and body depends on each child receiving the care of between two and five completely bonded caregivers. – Michael Gurian
I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity. – Daphne Guinness
When I’m working on a novel, I generally do write every day, but in between those marathons, I take breaks. My brain needs time to recharge. – Marie Brennan
In the past, my brain would never stop. Now I’m a father; the world no longer revolves around me. When I’m with Bronx, he’s got my complete attention. He’s the only thing that occupies my thoughts. – Pete Wentz
My father worked in a scientific lab where he designed and built glass instruments. He was regarded as brilliant at his job and once constructed a human brain in glass just to show off his skills. – Christopher Fowler
If we ever find out how the brain works, with all its complexity, then we will be able to build a machine that has consciousness. And if that happens, that is a road to planetary disaster because everything we’ve thought about ourselves, since the Bronze Age, the Bible, all of that will be gone. – E. L. Doctorow
Some of the best writing I’ve done, whether I’m shooting a story or thinking of a script, I write it in my head as I’m running. Running literally jogs my brain. – Natalie Morales
Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain. – Elizabeth Bowen
I’m just a believer in keeping all of the creative brain cells moving and working even when you’re not working because the inevitable loneliness and boring drought in the actor’s world, it can eat you alive. – Nikki Reed
The brain is the only kind of object capable of understanding that the cosmos is even there, or why there are infinitely many prime numbers, or that apples fall because of the curvature of space-time, or that obeying its own inborn instincts can be morally wrong, or that it itself exists. – David Deutsch
Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you. – Deepak Chopra
When we talk about stem cells, we are actually talking about a complicated series of things, including adult stem cells which are largely cells devoted to replacing individual tissues like blood elements or liver or even the brain. – David Baltimore
A fascinating reaction of the human brain when we fail to meet a goal is that it tells us to throw caution to the wind and make things even worse, which ultimately leads to us giving up. – Fabrizio Moreira
I’ve never really seen too much difference between writing or making visual art or designing furniture or clothing. It’s still my brain – I’m just using different parts of it for different things. – Douglas Coupland
Calories from protein affect your brain, your appetite control center, so you are more satiated and satisfied. – Mark Hyman
The science supporting the relationship between carbohydrates and dementia is quite exciting, as it paves the way for lifestyle changes that can profoundly affect a person’s chances of remaining intact, at least from a brain perspective. – David Perlmutter
My scratching I don’t really think communicates to intelligent life forms. Anyone with more than one brain cell would think Kid Koala music is completely retarded. – Eric San
