#rains

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#bomb #brains #culture #deep #deep space

The tannoy is crackling but I can only hear heavy breathing and snuffling. ... Uh-oh, the tannoy is crackling again. "Sorry about that, ladies and gentlemen, I momentarily lost hold of my pie. ↗

— Louise Rennison

#tallulah-casey #trains #dreams

Pooh hasn't much Brain, but he never comes to any harm. He does silly things and they turn out right. There's Owl. Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things. He would know the Right Thing to Do when Surrounded by Water. There's Rabbit. He hasn't Learnt in Books, but he can always Think of a Clever Plan. There's Kanga. She isn't Clever, Kanga isn't, but she would be so anxious about Roo that she would do a Good Thing to Do without thinking about it. And then there's Eeyore. And Eeyore is so miserable anyhow that he wouldn't mind about this. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#intelligence #plans #thinking #intelligence

We are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, and no amount of education gleaned from our propensity for self-destruction and misguided thinking ever teaches us anything. Not anything that we remember for more than a generation or two. I think maybe we learn a few things each time that we don't forget. A few things that stick with us. It's just hard to pass those things on to those who come after us because if they didn't live through it, they don't view it the same way we do. If you don't experience something firsthand, it's a lot harder to accept. Terry Brooks, Bearers of the Black Staff, p 89 ↗

— Terry Brooks

#education

This is the part in the movie where that guy says, "Zombies? What zombies?" just before they eat his brains. I don't want to be that guy. ↗

— Holly Black

#movie-reference #zombies #movies

Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing. ↗

— Margaret Chittenden

#chittenden #crazy #margaret #room #writers

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

— Woodrow Wilson

#intelligence #intelligence

She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#brains #combination #gifted #giftedness #god

You don’t deserve my image in your head. You don’t deserve my memories in your chest. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#deserve #hate-you #heart #jamie-weise #love-hate

The Leadership Training Institute of America trains and equips young men and women to be leaders with high standards of personal morality and integrity. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#equips #high #high standards #institute #integrity