Will Rogers Quotes

Just as physical exercise is a well-known and well-accepted means to improve health for anyone, regardless of age or background, so can the brain be put 'into shape' for optimal learning.

The brain is a tool that gets rusty without constant, albeit moderate, exercise.

Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.

The thing we don't want to do is overstate the benefits, but there is all kinds of proof that exercise, both physical and mental, increases brain activity.

Learning ballroom dancing is great for your brain. But it only works for three to six months. After that, you've got all the benefit you can get, and so you have to move on to yoga, and then Tai Chi, and then bridge, always keeping on the steep part of the learning curve.

The mind is just another muscle.

The brain is a muscle, and I'm a kind of body-builder.

My memory seems to be holding on quite well. There is no reason why it shouldn't if you keep training it.

The brain is muscle. If you don't exercise it, it will get slow.

My brain gets stronger every day because I exercise it. The stronger it gets, the more money I can make.

You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

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.

I like to keep mobile. It keeps my mind awake.

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.

There's no such thing as downtime for your brain.

If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence, at any age, and potentially by a lot. Or you can just let your brain idle - and watch it slowly, inexorably, go to seed like a sedentary body.

If you do not use a muscle or any part of the body, it tends to become atrophic. So is the case with the brain. The more you use it, the better it becomes.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.

We all go to the gym, and we're thinking about how we look and what we're eating, but our brain is a muscle, and you have to train it!

There is a cure for anti-aging that actually works - it's called lifelong learning.

When I first retired, I had short-term memory loss, and I started reading about neuroplasticity in the brain, about how the brain can regenerate itself, and I don't know if it can or not.

I like to keep my mind and physical state alert.

The reason I don't retire is that I learn something new every day. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body. It's about expanding, constantly pushing yourself.