“It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place”
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Oscar Wilde812
Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
“The great events of the world take place in the brain…”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“The world is a big place and our brain is only three pounds.”
R. Scott Bakker (1967) Canadian writer
"A Conversation with R. Scott Bakker, Part I" http://www.wotmania.com/fantasymessageboardshowmessage.asp?MessageID=141281, wotmania.com, 2005-11-01 (accessed 2006-04-14)
“If I could put my brain in her body, the world would be mine for the taking.”
Susan Elizabeth Phillips (1948) American writer
Source: Match Me If You Can
“It doesn’t take brains to mate!”
Larry Niven book N-Space
The Alien in Our Minds (p. 642)
Short fiction, N-Space (1990)
Bernard Mandeville book The Fable of the Bees
"The Moral", line 1, p. 23
The Fable of the Bees (1714)
L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Context: "All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."
"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."
Ramesh Balsekar (1917–2009) Indian guru
Page 75, Consciousness Speaks - Conversations with Ramesh S. Balsekar