I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.

The last thing that man will understand in nature is the performance of his brain.

A better understanding of the brain is certain to lead man to a richer comprehension both of himself, of his fellow man, and of society, and in fact of the whole world with its problems.

I can state with complete assurance that for each of us our brains form the material basis of our experiences and memories, our imaginations, our dreams.

A board constituted as the board of Sydney Hospital is constituted is not a suitable body to have control of an institute of medical research.

I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: 'What am I? What is the meaning of my existence as I experience it?'

The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything...

A truth looks freshest in the fashions of the day.

The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.

Fewer people working means permanently lower tax revenues.

Texas is reportedly going to give college students the right to carry guns on campus. So I guess that next semester, every college student in Texas is getting straight A's.

I think that's a powerful thing, to be able to engage your audience and let them put some of themselves into the music.

I think most writers' houses are disappointing. What's much more atmospheric and interesting are the places they wrote about.

Who you think you are is what compels you to do what you do!

It is the crushed grape that gives out the blood-red wine: it is the suffering soul that breathes the sweetest melodies.

Is he on his horse? O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!