Brain quotes

Allen Woody 1935

Sleeper

My Brain? It's my second favourite organ.

Asquith Herbert H. 1852-1928

Greatness is a zigzag streak of lightning in the brain.

Doyle Sir Arthur Conan 1859-1930

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

Einstein Albert 1879-1955

Reading after a certain (time) diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his
own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Ericksen Sir John Eric

(in 1873)

The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.

Gilbert W.S. 1836-1911

Iolanthe

When in that House MPs divide,
If they've a brain and cerebellum too,
They have to leave that brain outside,
And vote just as their leaders tell'em to.

Hendrix Jimi 1942-1970

„Purple Haze"

Purple haze is in my brain
Lately things don't seem the same.

Jonson Ben c. 1573-1637

The Alchemist

If I have outstripped
An old man's gravity, or stict canon, think
What a young wife and a good brain may do:
Stretch age's truth sometimes, and crack it too.

Milne A.A. 1882-1956

Winnie-the-Pooh

Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things.

Milne A.A. 1882-1956

Winnie-the-Pooh

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain and long words Bother me.

Phillips H.I. 1887-1965

Oratory: the art of making deep noises from the chest sound like important messages from the brain.

Pliny (The Elder) AD 23-79

The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

Pope Alexander 1688-1744

The Dunciad

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.

Asquith Margot 1865-1945

(of E.E. Smith)

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Frost Robert 1874-1963

You've got to love what's lovable, and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.

Giordano Bruno

With luck on your side you can do without brains.

Loos Anita 1893-1981

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

This gentleman said a girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think.

Miller H.T. 1873-1948

Give us men to match our mountains,
Give us men to match our plains:
Men with empires in their purpose
And new eras in their brains.

Opie John 1761-1807

(asked with what he mixed his colours)

I mix them with my brains, sir.

Proverbs and Sayings

Dutch

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Stevenson Robert Louis 1850-1894

For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself.

Wilson Woodrow 1856-1924

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Wodehouse P.G. 1881-1975

The Adventures of Sally

When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it rings solid, don't hesitate.
All the unhappy marriages come from the husbands having brains.