Brains are not magical; they are causal machines.

It is surely important that the differences between coma, deep sleep, being under anesthesia, on the one hand, and being alert on the other, all involve changes in the brain.

Humility bids us to take ourselves as we are; we do not have to be cosmically significant to be genuinely significant.

It seems that the brain has a "small world" architecture - or at least the cortex does. Everything can connect to everything else in a few synaptic steps.

Theorizing is of course essential to make progress in understanding, but theorizing in the absence of knowing available relevant facts is not very productive.

It seems probable that humans have been on the planet, with much the same brain, for about 250,000 years.

If you give up because you announce the phenomenon cannot be explained, you are missing out.

In all probability, mental states are processes and activities of the brain. Exactly what activities, and exactly at what level of description, remains to be seen.

Suppression of impulses that would put you in danger is obviously an important neurobiological function.

I am less attracted to guesses about what cannot be done, than about making progress on a problem.

When that theory is isolated from known facts, it is likely not to be productive.

I choose many voices to consider and reckon with, rather than just one to tolerate.

Peace begins with a greeting of Namaste.

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

If you could have won, you should have.

At extremely high processing speeds we are able to find patterns of order in what other people would perceive as chaos.

Your words should be so strong that they affect every your intuition so that you can recognize what is real and heart.

The best thing to do, if you really want to be good, is drink vodka all day, from the second you get up to the second they say, "Cut!"

I once worked with Emma Thompsons mother, Phyllida Law. I worked with her on a BBC drama, and she was hilarious. I loved her so much, and she was great to work with.

a girl takes too much time to love and a few seconds to hate. but a boy takes a few seconds to love and too much time to hate.

So doth the greater glory dim the less: A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by.