"The most obvious feature of the brain is that it is not homogeneous, but composed of different regions. There are no intrinsic moving parts, no obvious way of knowing where to start to understand what is actually happening, or what functions are taking place."

-- Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield

#Moving Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Brain Quotes

“A good writer wants from us â€” or has no right to ask more than â€” intelligence, good faith and time.”
“It isnâ€™t happiness I am concerned with but experience.”
“I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.”
“When you're a trans woman, you are made to walk this very fine line, where if you act feminine you are accused of being a parody, but if you act masculine, it is seen as a sign of your true male identity. And if you act sweet and demure, you're accused of reinforcing patriarchal ideals of female passivity, but if you stand up for your own rights and make your voice heard, then you are dismissed as wielding male privilege and entitlement.”

Source : Julia Serano (2013). “Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive”, p.20, Seal Press
“Even the art of quoting is a conservative art most of the time, in order to propel the same ideas and the same self-congratulatory importance.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I really just compete against myself. I look at my previous material and try to surpass what I've done.”
“People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf.”
“I love Kelly Clarkson.”

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