When philosophers try to understand consciousness, much of what they claim is not conceptual analysis at all, though it may be shopped under that description.

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.

Brains are not magical; they are causal machines.

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.

Many people come and go, knowing not why they ever did so.A miserable thing can it be -unconscious of why thy Creator made thee.

Racism is a stubborn whitehead on the face of society.

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.

I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

That's the magic of moviemaking. You clearly identify one scenario with the other, and it's a completely different experience.

If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.

But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful.

And she already has her treasure: it’s you.

Line in Nature is not found; Unit and Universe are round.