Jean Berko Gleason famous quotes

Your brain is not formed when you're born, you have to build your brain.
-- Jean Berko Gleason

#Brain #Born

Language develops by interacting with other people talking to you.
-- Jean Berko Gleason

#Talking #People #Language

Literacy, written language is a very late acquisition in terms of human evolution.
-- Jean Berko Gleason

#Acquisition #Evolution #Language

We have this enormous connection to the living world that is reflected in our language.
-- Jean Berko Gleason

#Connections #World #Language

Kids will use their own system at the stage that they are, they're not (learning merely by) imitating you.
-- Jean Berko Gleason

#Kids #Use #Stage

Of the top 30 words that parents are calling kids' attention to ('look at the'), 12 are animals.
-- Jean Berko Gleason

#Kids #Animal #Parent

I think people should be brave and take a chance and do what excites them.
-- Jean Berko Gleason

#Thinking #People #Brave

Different languages cut the world into different slices.
-- Jean Berko Gleason

#Cutting #Different #World

Human beings are able to reflect on their existencefor now that distinguishes us from other creatures.
-- Jean Berko Gleason

#Able #Humans #Creatures

Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.

What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.

When you inquire 'Who am I?' if you are honest, you'll notice that it takes you right back to silence instantly. The brain doesn't have an answer, so all of a sudden there is silence.

Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped

When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.

All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.

I was born in India - but never really lived there.

Or maybe I’d lost my soul already. I doubted God let someone like me keep any gift from him. It was highly likely I’d been born without one.

Being the first born gives you great patience.

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.