Axons And Dendrites Quotes & Sayings

In the depths of a man's being there was something that responded with a quack to such perfume. Quack! — Saul Bellow

Despite what our modern society would have you believe, the Witch within you is not dangerous, but protective. She is not frivolous, but exceedingly accurate and trustworthy. — Laurie Cabot

The quality which gave such force to Calvin's teaching was his close adherence to the Bible as an inspired and authoritative book. — Loraine Boettner

The body and dendrites of a nerve cell are specialized for the reception and integration of information which is conveyed as impulses that are fired from other nerve cells along their axons. — John Eccles

Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love ... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in. — Tim McCanlies

I dismiss the pachyderms and the asses in favor of my axons and dendrites. — Laren Grey Umphlett

He said, 'Yeah, but will I get chicks? In truckloads? — Ilona Andrews

During the twentieth century, neuroscientists and psychologists also came to more fully appreciate the astounding complexity of the human brain. Inside our skulls, they discovered, are some 100 billion neurons, which take many different shapes and range in length from a few tenths of a millimeter to a few feet.4 A single neuron typically has many dendrites (though only one axon), and dendrites and axons can have a multitude of branches and synaptic terminals. The average neuron makes about a thousand synaptic connections, and some neurons can make a hundred times that number. — Nicholas Carr

It is the going out from oneself that is love and not the accident of its return. It is the expedition, whether it fail or succeed. — H.G.Wells

A pat on the back is six inches away from a kick up the ass. — Geri Halliwell

Life is long, people change, I would never be foolish enough to think otherwise. But no matter what, nothing can ever be as it was. Everything has changed in a way that sounds trite and borderline offensive when recounted over coffee. I can never be who I was. I can simply watch her with sympathy, understanding, and some measure of awe. — Lena Dunham