More may have been learned about the brain and the mind in the 1990s - the so-called decade of the brain - than during the entire previous history of psychology and neuroscience.

We are not thinking machines that feel; rather, we are feeling machines that think.

A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it.

There is no such thing as a disembodied mind. The mind is implanted in the brain, and the brain is implanted in the body.

I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.

Emotions are enmeshed in the neural networks of reason.

The self is a perpetually recreated neurobiological state.

Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story.

The problem that we, as living organisms, face - and not we only, humans, but any living organism faces - is the management of life.

Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.

A mind is so closely shaped by the body and destined to serve it that only one mind could possibly arise in it. No body, never mind.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

...no one can afford not to be a man. No position can compensate for coming face to face with a robot when you are alone.

I've got a quad copter on my Christmas list, as I suspect quite a few people do.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.

The process of art-making is full of happy accidents - what fun!

I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.

This is how we are protecting you, by getting you out.

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.

Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?