Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
More than cool reason ever comprehends.
~
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by
William Shakespeare
The mind has many watchdogs; sometimes they bark unnecessarily, but a wise man never ignores their warning.
~
A Fall of Moondust
by
Arthur C. Clarke
"What does the brain matter," said Lady Rosseter, getting up, "compared with the heart?"
~
Mrs. Dalloway
by
Virginia Woolf
I have learned one thing, my friend 'one can get nearly everything with money. It is the hidden machinery which makes the world of success go round. With brains, you say? Yes, money and brains, but without the money brains seldom win alone.
~
No Defense
by
Gilbert Parker
"I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy."
~
Romeo and Juliet
by
William Shakespeare
"She's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need."
~
The Adventures of Sally
by
P. G. Wodehouse
"If you exercise your mind, George, it will get hungry just as your body does."
~
Little Men
by
Louisa May Alcott
His life has been spent in devotion to ideas. The passions of his brain have consumed the passions of his body.
~
The Triumph of the Egg (Seeds)
by
Sherwood Anderson
"A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get."
~
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by
L. Frank Baum
"I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world."
~
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by
L. Frank Baum