Synaptic Pruning Quotes

#1. As the brain matures, one thing that happens is the pruning of the synapses. Synaptic pruning does not occur willy-nilly; it depends largely on how any one brain pathway is used.

Robin Marantz Henig

#2. I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.

Madonna Ciccone

#3. You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.

Lily Tomlin

#4. You should do whatever language you feel is the perfect language for you to sing in and then try to strive to do the best.

Enrique Iglesias

#5. To predict tomorrow's weather, I need not take into account the state of mind of the Emperor of Manchukuo.

A.J. Ayer

#6. From my close observation of writers ... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.

Isaac Asimov

#7. In Europe they call geeks 'smart people,' and frankly I think we live in a culture that doesn't value intelligence enough; so I am very proud in saying that I am a geek.

James Marsters

#8. We lose our time because we lose our attention

Jacob Needleman

#9. I've worked with some incredibly difficult directors but my understanding is that a lot of the best people are driven from a place of being extremely challenging and dark within their way.

Josh Lucas

#10. The influence of early books is profound. So much of the future lies on the shelves. Early reading has more influence than any religious teaching.

Graham Greene

#11. If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.

Dale Carnegie

#12. Most people made comments on how I was the strongest woman they knew.
That was before the title wave of disaster hit my charmed life.

K.D. Emerson

#13. I did a club one night - the speakers were old as hell. My jokes were coming out in black and white.

J. B. Smoove

#14. It doesn't worry me a bit that China and Japan hold so much US debt. In a way, it seems foolish for them to do it because they get lower returns than they might elsewhere. But that is their business.

Milton Friedman