В случае наступления прогресса важно не начать гордиться собой, а вспомнить ради чего вы всё затеяли в первую очередь.

Сила воли — навык, поддающийся тренировке и развитию.

Нравственные поблажки из разряда «я был хорош сегодня, значит могу себя немного побаловать» — не работают и приводят к ухудшению ситуации.

Сила воли заразна, как и заразные цели. В компании целеустремлённых людей проще ставить цели и достигать их.

Медитация позволяет сохранять контроль над собой.

Нужно поддерживать одинаковый уровень глюкозы в крови, чтобы мозг не переключался в состояние стресса.

Достаточно сделать 5-6 глубоких вдохов, чтобы поймать себя на желании совершить импульсивный поступок, который на самом деле совершать не нужно.

В случае срыва важно сразу начать всё заново, а не «заедать стресс», как делают люди, пытающиеся похудеть.

В критических ситуациях нужно остановится и спланировать свои действия.

Шимпанзе не может придумать себе оправдание «отложу начало пробежек на понедельник». Мы должны руководствоваться долгосрочной перспективой, принимая решения.

Thousands of years of human history have shown that the ideal setting for children to grow up is with a mother and a father committed to one another, living together, and sharing the responsibility of raising their children.

There is a temptation for an actor to editorialize what they're doing. And you can't do that with Pinter. It's almost like a musical score. His lines are so specific, but they can mean different things to different people, like an alternating current.

Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.

Write something every single day, even if it's just three lines. And it doesn't matter if it's any good - just write something every day.

Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.

I really like cable T.V.

I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.

Novels, like human beings, usually have their beginnings in the dark.

I like fantasy. I've always been the kind of kid who likes to dream about other things I could be and exotic situations I could be in.

As boring as it sounds, I don't feel any different than I did before the 'House of Night.'

Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.

My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do.

Wise men may not be learned; learned men may not be wise.

A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.

I think it's good that I get scared because, if you never get scared, you don't have any need for guts.

The goal of science and engineering is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice.

I don't want to help a politician revise the truth.

I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.

Time wastes our bodies and our wits, but we waste time, so we are quits.

We want people to know that classical music is for everyone. A parent or kid might be terrified of this music, but after they come to us, they'll never be scared of classical music again.

Women like to watch women fight because it makes them feel sort of empowered physically and mentally. They feel kind of jazzed and excited by it.

The elimination of unnecessary collateral requirements on foreign insurers and reinsurers is not only beneficial for the individual companies, but for the industry as a whole.

I am so old-fashioned. I've never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent.