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Oliver Sacks quotes: Nature gropes and blunders and performs the crudest acts. There is no steady advance upward. There is no design. Nature gropes and blunders and performs the crudest acts. There is no steady advance upward. There is no design.
Oliver Sacks quotes: But after my fall and my near death, fear and caution But after my fall and my near death, fear and caution
Oliver Sacks quotes: Empirical science, empiricism, takes no account of the soul, no account of what constitutes and determines personal being. Empirical science, empiricism, takes no account of the soul, no account of what constitutes and determines personal being.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Music is part of being human. Music is part of being human.
Oliver Sacks quotes: It remains, for me, the most powerful and elegant explanation of how we humans and our brains construct our very individual selves and worlds. It remains, for me, the most powerful and elegant explanation of how we humans and our brains construct our very individual selves and worlds.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination. Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Much more of the brain is devoted to movement than to language. Language is only a little thing sitting on top of this huge ocean of movement. Much more of the brain is devoted to movement than to language. Language is only a little thing sitting on top of this huge ocean of movement.
Oliver Sacks quotes: [photography] ... wanted to understand, to master for myself, all the processes involved, and to manipulate them in my own way. [photography] ... wanted to understand, to master for myself, all the processes involved, and to manipulate them in my own way.
Oliver Sacks quotes: When I was twelve, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report, "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far," and this was often the case. When I was twelve, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report, "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far," and this was often the case.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Music is ... a fundamental way of expressing our humanity - and it is often our best medicine. Music is ... a fundamental way of expressing our humanity - and it is often our best medicine.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Luria's Mind of a Mnemonist. Luria's Mind of a Mnemonist.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I was half-afraid that I would do something awful, like faint or fart right in front of the queen, but all went well. I was half-afraid that I would do something awful, like faint or fart right in front of the queen, but all went well.
Oliver Sacks quotes: For there is often a struggle, and sometimes, even more interestingly, a collusion between the powers of pathology and creation. For there is often a struggle, and sometimes, even more interestingly, a collusion between the powers of pathology and creation.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I have to live in the richest, deepest, most productive way I can I have to live in the richest, deepest, most productive way I can
Oliver Sacks quotes: Music can also evoke worlds very different from the personal, remembered worlds of events, people, places we have known. Music can also evoke worlds very different from the personal, remembered worlds of events, people, places we have known.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Pride and a Daily Marathon, Pride and a Daily Marathon,
Oliver Sacks quotes: We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. And seeing with the brain is often called imagination. We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. And seeing with the brain is often called imagination.
Oliver Sacks quotes: In REM sleep the body is paralyzed, except for shallow breathing and eye movements. In REM sleep the body is paralyzed, except for shallow breathing and eye movements.
Oliver Sacks quotes: It really is a very odd business that all of us, to varying degrees, have music in our heads. It really is a very odd business that all of us, to varying degrees, have music in our heads.
Oliver Sacks quotes: There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient. There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient.
Oliver Sacks quotes: The Allegory of the Wolf Boy" ("At tennis and at tea/Upon the gentle lawn, he is not ours,/But plays us in a sad duplicity"). The Allegory of the Wolf Boy" ("At tennis and at tea/Upon the gentle lawn, he is not ours,/But plays us in a sad duplicity").
Oliver Sacks quotes: When the attack is "due" (or a little overdue), it will occur, explosively, whether or not there is any provocation. When the attack is "due" (or a little overdue), it will occur, explosively, whether or not there is any provocation.
Oliver Sacks quotes: About 10 percent of the hearing impaired get musical hallucinations, and about 10 percent of the visually impaired get visual hallucinations. About 10 percent of the hearing impaired get musical hallucinations, and about 10 percent of the visually impaired get visual hallucinations.
Oliver Sacks quotes: In his autobiography, What Mad Pursuit, he speaks of the difference between physics and biology: In his autobiography, What Mad Pursuit, he speaks of the difference between physics and biology:
Oliver Sacks quotes: We have, each of us, a life story, whose continuity, whose sense, is our lives. We have, each of us, a life story, whose continuity, whose sense, is our lives.
Oliver Sacks quotes: That those who entered such nursing homes needed meaning - a life, an identity, dignity, self-respect, a degree of autonomy - was ignored or bypassed; That those who entered such nursing homes needed meaning - a life, an identity, dignity, self-respect, a degree of autonomy - was ignored or bypassed;
Oliver Sacks quotes: We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought. We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Culture is as crucial as Nature. Culture is as crucial as Nature.
Oliver Sacks quotes: He reached out his hand, and took hold of his wife's head, tried to lift it off, to put it on. He had apparently mistaken his wife for a hat! He reached out his hand, and took hold of his wife's head, tried to lift it off, to put it on. He had apparently mistaken his wife for a hat!
Oliver Sacks quotes: First thing about being a patient-you have to learn patience. First thing about being a patient-you have to learn patience.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I often dream ... of my parents and of my former patients - all long gone but loved and important in my life. I often dream ... of my parents and of my former patients - all long gone but loved and important in my life.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Now there is stillness - such a stillness as I have never heard before in all my life. Soon I shall start moving again, and perhaps I will never stop. Now there is stillness - such a stillness as I have never heard before in all my life. Soon I shall start moving again, and perhaps I will never stop.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Astounded - and indifferent - for he was a man who, in effect, had no 'day before'. Astounded - and indifferent - for he was a man who, in effect, had no 'day before'.
Oliver Sacks quotes: The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace
Oliver Sacks quotes: He wanted to do, to be, to feel- and could not; he wanted sense, he wanted purpose- in Freud's words, 'Work and Love'. He wanted to do, to be, to feel- and could not; he wanted sense, he wanted purpose- in Freud's words, 'Work and Love'.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I feel glad to be alive - "I'm glad I'm not dead!" sometimes bursts out of me when the weather is perfect. I feel glad to be alive - "I'm glad I'm not dead!" sometimes bursts out of me when the weather is perfect.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Life must be lived forwards but can only be understood backwards. - Kierkegaard Life must be lived forwards but can only be understood backwards. - Kierkegaard
Oliver Sacks quotes: We think of science as discovery, art as invention, but is there a "third world" of mathematics, which is somehow, mysteriously, both? We think of science as discovery, art as invention, but is there a "third world" of mathematics, which is somehow, mysteriously, both?
Oliver Sacks quotes: Each of us, I had written, constructs and lives a "narrative" and is defined by this narrative. Each of us, I had written, constructs and lives a "narrative" and is defined by this narrative.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Sign language is the equal of speech, lending itself equally to the rigorous and the poetic, to philosophical analysis or to making love. Sign language is the equal of speech, lending itself equally to the rigorous and the poetic, to philosophical analysis or to making love.
Oliver Sacks quotes: As for sickness: are we not almost tempted to ask whether we could get along without it?' - and As for sickness: are we not almost tempted to ask whether we could get along without it?' - and
Oliver Sacks quotes: Creativity involves the depth of a mind, and many, many depths of unconsciousness. Creativity involves the depth of a mind, and many, many depths of unconsciousness.
Oliver Sacks quotes: He was not imitating me; he had become me, in a sense; it was like suddenly acquiring a younger twin. He was not imitating me; he had become me, in a sense; it was like suddenly acquiring a younger twin.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means. I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Fascinating, Doidge's book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain. Fascinating, Doidge's book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.
Oliver Sacks quotes: (One newsmagazine, in 1987, defined them, half facetiously, as "cognitively infectious musical agents.") (One newsmagazine, in 1987, defined them, half facetiously, as "cognitively infectious musical agents.")
Oliver Sacks quotes: There is among doctors, in acute hospitals at least, a presumption of stupidity in their patients. There is among doctors, in acute hospitals at least, a presumption of stupidity in their patients.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I am haunted by the density of reality I am haunted by the density of reality
Oliver Sacks quotes: I am very bad at factual exams, yes-or-no questions, but can spread my wings with essays. I am very bad at factual exams, yes-or-no questions, but can spread my wings with essays.
Oliver Sacks quotes: We are all creatures of our upbringings, our cultures, our times. We are all creatures of our upbringings, our cultures, our times.
Oliver Sacks quotes: My pre-med studies in anatomy and physiology at Oxford had not prepared me in the least for real medicine. My pre-med studies in anatomy and physiology at Oxford had not prepared me in the least for real medicine.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I think there is no culture in which music is not very important and central. That's why I think of us as a sort of musical species. I think there is no culture in which music is not very important and central. That's why I think of us as a sort of musical species.
Oliver Sacks quotes: The power of music and the plasticity of the brain go together very strikingly, especially in young people. The power of music and the plasticity of the brain go together very strikingly, especially in young people.
Oliver Sacks quotes: And one day the mind leaps from imagination to hallucination, and the congregant hears God, sees God. And one day the mind leaps from imagination to hallucination, and the congregant hears God, sees God.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Parked the bike in a side road - and fainted. The second accident occurred at night in heavy Parked the bike in a side road - and fainted. The second accident occurred at night in heavy
Oliver Sacks quotes: Sudden fright, or rage, or other strong emotion may disperse and displace a migraine almost within seconds. One Sudden fright, or rage, or other strong emotion may disperse and displace a migraine almost within seconds. One
Oliver Sacks quotes: The power of music to integrate and cure ... is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication. The power of music to integrate and cure ... is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Having ferned for an hour, we take a break for our lunch and I eat, unwisely, quite an enormous meal ... Having ferned for an hour, we take a break for our lunch and I eat, unwisely, quite an enormous meal ...
Oliver Sacks quotes: Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring it's memory. Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring it's memory.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers. Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.
Oliver Sacks quotes: In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing. In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing.
Oliver Sacks quotes: This will involve audacity, clarity and plain speaking; trying to straighten my accounts with the world. This will involve audacity, clarity and plain speaking; trying to straighten my accounts with the world.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I am a man of vehement disposition, with violent enthusiasms, and extreme immoderation in all my passions. I am a man of vehement disposition, with violent enthusiasms, and extreme immoderation in all my passions.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I am now face to face with dying. But I am not finished with living. I am now face to face with dying. But I am not finished with living.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Dangerously well' - what an irony is this: it expresses precisely the doubleness, the paradox, of feeling 'too well Dangerously well' - what an irony is this: it expresses precisely the doubleness, the paradox, of feeling 'too well
Oliver Sacks quotes: The pleasure we obtain from music comes from counting, but counting unconsciously. Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic. The pleasure we obtain from music comes from counting, but counting unconsciously. Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Sign, I was now convinced, was a fundamental language of the brain. Sign, I was now convinced, was a fundamental language of the brain.
Oliver Sacks quotes: It also gave me a feeling of vulnerability and mortality which I had not really had before. In It also gave me a feeling of vulnerability and mortality which I had not really had before. In
Oliver Sacks quotes: Experience and experiment are crucially important here - neural Darwinism is essentially experiential selection. The Experience and experiment are crucially important here - neural Darwinism is essentially experiential selection. The
Oliver Sacks quotes: What they are able to imagine becomes more real to them. What they are able to imagine becomes more real to them.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Music has a bonding power, it's primal social cement Music has a bonding power, it's primal social cement
Oliver Sacks quotes: All the trouble starts when people forget they're human. All the trouble starts when people forget they're human.
Oliver Sacks quotes: He is man without a past (or future), stuck in a constantly changing, meaningless moment. He is man without a past (or future), stuck in a constantly changing, meaningless moment.
Oliver Sacks quotes: many cardinal characteristics of migraine aura, in its visual (scotomatous), tactile (paraesthetic) and aphasic forms. We many cardinal characteristics of migraine aura, in its visual (scotomatous), tactile (paraesthetic) and aphasic forms. We
Oliver Sacks quotes: Eccentricity is like having an accent. It's what "other" people have. Eccentricity is like having an accent. It's what "other" people have.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I cannot pretend i am not without fear ... I cannot pretend i am not without fear ...
Oliver Sacks quotes: This state is thus one of an excruciating overall sensitivity, patients being assaulted by sensory stimuli from their environment, or This state is thus one of an excruciating overall sensitivity, patients being assaulted by sensory stimuli from their environment, or
Oliver Sacks quotes: I feel a sudden clear focus and perspective. There is no time for anything inessential. I feel a sudden clear focus and perspective. There is no time for anything inessential.
Oliver Sacks quotes: At 11, I could say 'I am sodium' (Element 11), and now at 79, I am gold. At 11, I could say 'I am sodium' (Element 11), and now at 79, I am gold.
Oliver Sacks quotes: It is up to me now to choose how to live out the months that remain to me. It is up to me now to choose how to live out the months that remain to me.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Henry VIII in full armor, it was said, weighed 500 pounds. Henry VIII in full armor, it was said, weighed 500 pounds.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over. I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I did not seem to have any special project to animate me. I did not seem to have any special project to animate me.
Oliver Sacks quotes: She now receives love, attention, and invisible presents from a hallucinatory gentleman who visits faithfully each evening. She now receives love, attention, and invisible presents from a hallucinatory gentleman who visits faithfully each evening.
Oliver Sacks quotes: A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain. A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain.
Oliver Sacks quotes: Memory is dialogic and arises not only from direct experience but from the intercourse of many minds. Memory is dialogic and arises not only from direct experience but from the intercourse of many minds.
Oliver Sacks quotes: My religion is nature. That's what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me. My religion is nature. That's what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.
Oliver Sacks quotes: In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life. In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.
Oliver Sacks quotes: The past which is not recoverable in any other way is embedded, as if in amber, in the music, and people can regain a sense of identity.. The past which is not recoverable in any other way is embedded, as if in amber, in the music, and people can regain a sense of identity..
Oliver Sacks quotes: An alcoholic has a personality change after a drink or two, but a drunk can drink as much as he wants. I'm a drunk. An alcoholic has a personality change after a drink or two, but a drunk can drink as much as he wants. I'm a drunk.
Oliver Sacks quotes: I rejoice when I meet gifted young people ... I feel the future is in good hands. I rejoice when I meet gifted young people ... I feel the future is in good hands.
Oliver Sacks quotes: He died at home in his library, surrounded by the books he loved. He died at home in his library, surrounded by the books he loved.

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