Andrea Riseborough

I've always been so confused about being a girl. Not in a Bruce Jenner way, just... there's that expectation where you walk into a room, and it's like, Is it OK to be a woman?' Or, you know, you're looking for your keys in the back of a cab, and sometimes the driver can treat you like you've had a lobotomy.

English Actress

David Souter

I find the workload of what I do sufficiently great that when the term of court starts, I undergo a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy.

American Judge

Philip Anschutz

My friends think I'm a candidate for a lobotomy, and my competitors think I'm naive or stupid or both. But you know what? I don't care.

Kathryn Schulz

If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It's called a lobotomy.

American Journalist

Fred Allen

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.

American Comedian

David Byrne

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Scottish Musician

Tom Waits

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

American Musician

Lobotomy was controversial due to its serious and often negative effects on patients.

Historical Controversy

A lobotomy specifically referred to cutting brain nerves to alter mental state.

Specific Technique

Lobotomies are rare today, considered unethical and replaced with better treatments.

Medical Rarity

Colloquially, 'lobotomy' suggests someone's behavior is overly simplified or dulled.

Figurative Usage

The term often carries a negative connotation when referring to mental sharpness.

Negative Connotation

It's used to express a lack of emotional depth or responsiveness.

Emotional Flatness

 And he dug in his heels and said, "No. I know this man better than any of you. I have met with him over and over again. You've just seen him from time to time. You've read reports and so forth. I really honestly believe that the basic problem here is pure depression, and all of the obsessional thinking comes out of it. And you know, of course, what'll happen if you do a prefrontal lobotomy.