“ You may reason that we have [brains] to perceive the world or to think, and that's completely wrong. Daniel Wolpert
“ We have a brain for one reason and one reason only - and that's to produce adaptable and complex movements. Daniel Wolpert
“ There can be no evolutionary advantage to laying down memories of childhood or perceiving the color of a rose if it doesn't affect the way you're going to move later in life. Daniel Wolpert
“ Exercise helps me with stress. It changes your brain chemistry. I turn to Ashtanga yoga when I feel the need to relax. I love it, but it's not right for everybody. It's taught to you a little bit at a time, according to your body type and your strength. That keeps things challenging. Lisa Edelstein Actress
“ I had saved a few hundred photos of dodo skeletons into my 'Creative Projects' folder - it's a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in. Any time I have an Internet connection, there's a sluice of stuff moving into there, everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos. Adam Savage Industrial Designer
“ Brain: an apparatus with which we think that we think. Mind, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Ambrose Bierce Journalist
“ No child on earth was ever meant to be ordinary, and you can see it in them, and they know it, too, but then the times get to them, and the wear out their brains learning what folks expect, and spend their strength trying to rise over those same folks. Annie Dillard Author