Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rumi

Tomorrow you'll be brave, you say? Fool! Dive today.

Tom Baker

You know, you're a classic example of the inverse ratio between the size of the mouth and the size of the brain.

Stephanie Beatriz

Whether or not you're aware of it or not, you're taking the information you get from watching TV and putting it in your brain.

Sutton Foster

What I thought 41 would be at 26 is definitely not what I feel now. I still feel incredibly youthful on the inside, in my brain.

Susanna Clarke

But, though French, she was also very brave...

Suzanne Collins

They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to pass on its genetic code, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.

Suzanne Collins

But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?" "Yeah, I guess so,” I said, But it’s not true. A mockingbird is just a songbird. A mockingjay is a creature the capitol never intended to exist. They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.

Suzanne Collins

Mutually counting on each other, watching each other's backs, forcing each other to be brave.

Scott Westerfeld

Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grow your own brain.

Steven Pinker

The brain is not a bag of traits. It's startlingly complex. There are few or no single genes with a consistent effect on the mind.

Steven Pinker

A...reason we are so-so scientists is that our brains were shaped for fitness, not for truth. Sometimes truth is adaptive, but sometimes it is not.

Steven Pinker

Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is the seat of our drives, temperaments and patterns of thought.

Robert Browning

Never brag, never bluster, never blush.

Richard Griffiths

I've always hated the way I looked, and I've never complained about my brains.

Richard Attenborough

When asked what attribute he most admired in human nature, Mahatma Gandhi replied, simply and immediately, 'Courage'. 'Nonviolence', he said, 'is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward. It is the weapon of the brave.

Richard Armitage

I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.

T. Harv Eker

Finally, imagine that you've really worked hard on yourself and become a level 10 person. Now, is this same level 5 problem a big problem or a little problem? The answer is that it's no problem. It doesn't even register in your brain as a problem. There's no negative energy around it. It's just a normal occurrence to handle, like brushing your teeth or getting dressed.

Sylvester Stallone

When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.

Scott Westerfeld

Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?

Umberto Eco

I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.

Tyler Perry

What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one.

Trish Stratus

Recently, I went up to Casino Rama to see Martin Short's show, just to see how he put it all together. And after the show, I went backstage and picked his brain to find out why he did certain things.

Rick Riordan

Well," said Apollo with a brave smile. "You were right, my dear. You had everything under control! Let's go see if we boiled anyone important, shall we?

Rhianna Pratchett

You can't have bravery without fear

Rex Stout

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.

Rex Stout

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold -- if you have one.

Regis McKenna

Branding is overrated.

Rick Riordan

Annabeth: Hey, Seaweed Brain. Percy: Will you stop calling me that? Annabeth: You know you love it.

Rick Riordan

Whats up, Seaweed Brain?

Rick Riordan

My fatal flaw is hubris. The brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches? No, seaweed brain. That's hummus. Hubris is worse. What could be worse than hummus?

Rick Riordan

I am never, ever, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.

Rick Riordan

You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!

Rick Riordan

Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.