A Quote by Richard Baxter

Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.

Richard Baxter

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Richard Baxter
English - Priest
November 12, 1615 - December 8, 1691

From study of known normal brains we have learned that there is a certain range of variation. No two brains are exactly alike, and the greatest source of error in the assertions of Benedict and Lombroso has been the finding of this or that variation in a criminal's brains, and maintaining such to be characteristic of the 'criminal constitution,' unmindful of the fact that like variations of structure may and do exist in the brains of normal, moral persons.

Edward Anthony Spitzka

You see, deep down beneath my superficial and shallow exterior, I'm really very superficial and shallow.

Ian Kelsey

Scientists have discovered that, as we age, our brains act like computers with fuller and fuller hard drives. So when we're trying to recall a fact or a word or a name, it takes us longer, because - to put it scientifically - our brains hold a lot of 'stuff.'

Faith Salie

Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated.

Fred Rogers

Passions are liken'd best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb; So, when affection yields discourse, it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come. They that are rich in words, in words discover

Walter Raleigh

Perhaps I am meant to swim in deep waters.... better deep than shallow!

Joseph Smith, Jr.

Ah, well, being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to be a shallow person.

Gillian Flynn

It's always better to be deep rather than shallow. And I'm deep.

L.A. Paul

Deep breathing brings deep thinking and shallow breathing shallow thinking.

Elsie Lincoln Benedict

Our culture is all about shallow relationships. But that doesn't mean we should stop looking each other in the eye and having deep conversations.

Francis Chan

The reality is that living digitally rewires our brains for perpetual motion, shallow surface thinking, and compulsive/addictive behaviors. Because our world is only going to become more tech-driven with each passing day, unless we find ways to counterbalance these detrimental effects, we'll remain spiritual babes, drinking milk for the rest of our lives instead of the solid food God has for us.

Tricia Rhodes

Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents.

Jeff Hawkins

A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren't one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.

Amy Poehler

Shallow breathing is the root of all evil but conscious deep breathing restores and secures our souls.

Desmond Green

We used our brains to create and program them, and now we have to continue to use our brains to prevent computers from taking over our lives.

Lorne Greene

Extreme deep water drilling is not the preferred choice to meet our country's energy needs, but your protests and lawsuits and lies about onshore and shallow water drilling have locked up safer areas. It's catching up with you. The tragic, unprecedented deep water Gulf oil spill proves it.

Sarah Palin

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