Tom Robbins Quotes

Children love this idea that their brain is like a muscle that gets stronger as they use it.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything.

One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.

I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.

Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it.

I've never thought intelligence was age-related.

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.

I think it's so important to keep learning and keep your brain active.

A mind grows by what it feeds on.

I think that children are very smart.

You don't get smarter by not learning stuff.

Your mind grows through use.

My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.

The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.

I think you never stop learning.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

What you discover when you look at creativity from the perspective of the brain is that it is universal. We're all creative all of the time, we can't help but be creative.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.

Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they're all a projection of you.

Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your day. I like to practice my thinking in a darkened room, alone.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

All evidence shows that we are actually getting smarter. Roughly we are getting 10 IQ points smarter every decade. The speed of innovation is also faster.