Cortices Quotes & Sayings

Trout fishing is like any other sport. It is waste of words to try to give anyone who has never tried it any idea of what it means to land a five-pound trout on a gossamer leader. — Cornelia Parker

The immune system, the hypothalamus, the ventro-medial frontal cortices, and the Bill of Rights have the same root cause. — Antonio R. Damasio

Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another. — Marquis De Condorcet

Perfection doesn't exist, and I've found that what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults. The same is true for schools. I haven't encountered a single problem that isn't attributed to some combination of parental, teacher, administrative, and/or student disengagement and the clash of competing stakeholders vying to define one purpose. — Brene Brown

The desire for magic cannot be eradicated. Even the most supposedly rational people attempt to practice magic in love and war. We simultaneously possess the most primitive of brain stems and the most sophisticated of cortices. The imperatives of each coexist uneasily. — Erica Jong

You know, drinking milk doesn't make your boobs get any bigger. — Peach-Pit

I keep trying to write a bad boy and they always come out nice. I don't see the appeal of someone who is going to demean me in some way. — Julia Quinn