"Suppression of impulses that would put you in danger is obviously an important neurobiological function."

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Source : "Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.

Patricia Churchland

#Important Quotes #Danger Quotes #Function Quotes

“The one way of guaranteeing to fail is to assume that we will.”

Source : "Nicholas Stern: We must not give in to pessimism" by James Randerson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2009.
“I am crazy as hell, but I know it. And knowing it is a kind of sanity that makes the sickness worse.”
“Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks.”
“That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.”
“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”
“In our 'don't just sit there, do something' culture, when we get sick we are supposed to become characters in a heroic medical narrative that conceals the remorselessness of pathology, the intractable fact of human vulnerability, and the inevitable inadequacies of medicine. To many of the participants in the medical drama, aggressive treatment - even when it fails - represents a quasi-religious quest for immortality and meaning.”
“...Nameless, unknown to me as you were, I couldn't forget your voice!' 'For how long?' 'O - ever so long. Days and days.' 'Days and days! Only days and days? O, the heart of a man! Days and days!' 'But, my dear madam, I had not known you more than a day or two. It was not a full-blown love - it was the merest bud - red, fresh, vivid, but small. It was a colossal passion in embryo. It never returned.”
“I have always thought that librarians are a little bit like doctors, travel agents and professors all rolled into one. We all know that a great story can lift spirits, take you anywhere in the world you want to go and in any time period to boot, and the lessons you learn from a good book can buoy your own convictions and even change your life.”

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