Ambrose Bierce Quotes, Errors Quotes, Brain Quotes

Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent.

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Within the book and volume of thy brain.

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To count - really and truly to count - a woman must have goodness or brains.

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A scholar does not wish to be always pumping his brains; he wants gossips.

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Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.

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And so could you know it if you would only use the brains the good God has given you. Sometimes I really am tempted to believe that by inadvertence, He passed you by.

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My brain more busy than the labouring spider Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies.

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More of your conversation would infect my brain.

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I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my brain. Both directors combine moral seriousness with great artistry and, certainly in Hitchcock's case, an enormous respect for plot, for its power to enthrall and delight.

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When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.

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If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.

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Our brains deliberately make us forget things, to prevent insanity

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There are three kinds of brains. The one understands things unassisted, the other understands things when shown by others, the third understands neither alone nor with the explanations of others.

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I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I don't want to be the person to stick that in your brain.

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There are three kinds of brains: One understands of itself, another can be taught to understand, and the third can neither understand to itself or be taught to understand.

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When you inquire 'Who am I?' if you are honest, you'll notice that it takes you right back to silence instantly. The brain doesn't have an answer, so all of a sudden there is silence.

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This is the very coinage of your brain: this bodiless creation ecstasy.

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I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon

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He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.

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In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

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