Gazzaniga Quotes

#1. As Gazzaniga put it, these findings all suggest that the interpretive mechanism of the left hemisphere is always hard at work, seeking the meaning of events. It is constantly looking for order and reasons, even when there is none - which leads it continually to make mistakes.

David Eagleman

#2. The arts are not frosting but baking soda.

Michael S. Gazzaniga

#3. While there have been great technological advances in the study of the brain, yielding enormous amounts of data on its physical and psychological characteristics, the old problem of relating mind to brain in a reasonable fashion remains unaccomplished.

Michael Gazzaniga

#4. I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city.

Michael Nutter

#5. The human brain is generally regarded as a complex web of adaptations built into the nervous system, even though no one knows how.

Michael Gazzaniga

#6. Don't leave home without your left hemisphere

Michael Gazzaniga

#7. Our brains renew themselves throughout life to an extent previously thought not possible.

Michael S. Gazzaniga

#8. I believe that things just happen in life, and pretty much after the fact, we make up a story to make it all seem rational. We all like simple stories that suggest a causal chain to life's events. Yet randomness is ever present.

Michael S. Gazzaniga

#9. Whether you approach your dreams on soft feet or in a breathless run, just so long as you acknowledge that your dreams are valuable and worthy of pursuing, then you've made it.

Devon Monk

#10. There is nothing wrong or right, only our thoughts make it so.

Debasish Mridha

#11. Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom.

Taki Theodoracopulos

#12. Love the people who love you back.

Laura Ruby

#13. I can't tell my dad that there's no way I'm crashing some collegiate party covered in sweat and dirt. I look like a ditch digger, not a Rose & Grave Digger.

Diana Peterfreund

#14. Science results from a profoundly social process. The common portrayal - that science emerges from a solitary isolated genius, always laboring alone, not owing anything to anyone - is simply wrong.

Michael S. Gazzaniga

#15. To some of those girls, school will be the highlight of their lives. People like you ... people who are beautiful inside and out ... those are the ones who will shine in whatever they decide to do. [Alec]

Daniele Lanzarotta

#16. The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.

Jim Butcher

#17. the study of psychophysics proves that it is impossible to bore a German." Thankfully,

Michael S. Gazzaniga