Homunculus Man Quotes & Sayings

Adele doesn't need any ironic detachment. She can love and appreciate the talent of others without feeling threatened herself. This is often very hard for people. We usually worry that someone else's talent or success is being compared with our own so we take the role of a critic and evaluate people harshly in order to protect our own egos.

People like Adele focus on what they like and they ignore the comparisons. Plus, they let the people around them know when they found something that they love about their work or their art. — Charlie Houpert

Historically, with each new scientific discovery, a new model of the brain has emerged. One of the earliest models of the brain was the "homunculus," a little man who lived inside the brain and made all the decisions. This picture was not very helpful, since it did not explain what was happening in the brain of the homunculus. — Michio Kaku

The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent. — John Hughes

I've striven my whole life for humility, but if I'd ever achieved it, I'd probably be pretty damn proud of that. — Benjamin Franklin

Boys are like puppies," I explained. "You have to have lots of patience, plenty of discipline, house-train them . . ." "Is that so?" I — Kendall Ryan

It is impossible for a person to earn separate dignity while his own race is uncivilized. — Khem Veasna

No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a homunculus. — J.P. Mac

Make a conscious choice. Decide to move your index finger. Too late! The electricity's already halfway down your arm. Your body began to act a full half-second before your conscious self 'chose' to, for the self chose nothing; something else set your body in motion, sent an executive summary - almost an afterthought - to the homunculus behind your eyes. That little man, that arrogant subroutine that thinks of itself as the person, mistakes correlation for causality: it reads the summary and it sees the hand move, and it thinks that one drove the other. But it's not in charge. You're not in charge. If free will even exists, it doesn't share living space with the likes of you. — Peter Watts

You cannot sedate all the things you hate. — Marilyn Manson