"I mean to say, I know perfectly well that I've got, roughly speaking, half the amount of brain a normal bloke ought to possess. And when a girl comes along who has about twice the regular allowance, s..."
- P.G. Wodehouse
"The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: those with brains, but no religion, and those with religion, but no brains."
- Al-Maʿarri
"Which do you think is more valuable to humanity?a. Finding ways to tell humans that they have free will despite the incontrovertible fact that their actions are completely dictated by the laws of phys..."
- Jerry A. Coyne
"She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination."
- Bram Stoker
"I like living in my head because in there, everyone is kind and innocent. Once you start integrating yourself into the world, you realize that people are nasty, mean creatures. They're worse than zomb..."
- J. Cornell Michel
"If death, said my father, reasoning with himself, is nothing but the separation of the soul from the body;--and if it is true that people can walk about and do their business without brains,--then cer..."
- Laurence Sterne
"I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.” – Associated Press interview, 12-7-11"
- Walter Mosley
"Success, Bill Gates said, is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.Same goes for good looking people. Beauty reduces the consciousness that it takes more to catch the ..."
- Olaotan Fawehinmi
"I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it's ripe; it will be exquisite by September."
- Virginia Woolf
"I just don't know what I'd do without a brain, Simone!" I say. "I mean, what's a person without one?"
- Randa Abdel-Fattah