The placebo effect is the most interesting phenomenon in all of science ... It’s at the precise interface of biology and psychology.

Get started. Starting a project is the biggest barrier to productivity.

A good joke is simple and intuitive. That should also be the case for good UI/UX. It should leave the user delighted and wanting to share it with others.

Zeigarnik effect: When you do not finish a task you experience discomfort and intrusive thoughts about it.

These, and many other commonly observed phenomena tend to show that it requires a minimum of about 21 days for an old mental image to dissolve and a new one to jell.

I believe the best way to change the world is in concentric circles: start with yourself and work your way out from there.

On average, it takes more than 2 months before a new behavior becomes automatic — 66 days to be exact.

The placebo effect is the most interesting phenomenon in all of science ... It’s at the precise interface of biology and psychology.

The placebo effect is the most interesting phenomenon in all of science ... It’s at the precise interface of biology and psychology.

When I was a grad student at MIT, I had a chance to become friends with the Viking Mission's chief scientist, Dr. Gerald Soffen. Viking was the first Mars lander looking for signs of life on Mars.

Easter is so disappointing. You suffer all the way through lent and what do you get for it A ham.

A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel.

In the industrial world we have the problem of having more productive capacity than we know what to do with. That's at the root of the unemployment crisis: we've got so productive at making things, we don't require people to be involved in making the basics of life any more. Or nearly as many people.

I am an example of a person who got zeroed into a philosophy early.

I kind of became a gym rat. The more results I saw, the more dedicated I became. It is such a great feeling to see your hard work pay off. I mean, if I'm gonna skip the In-N-Out burgers, there better be light at the end of the tunnel!

Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.

One of my favorite workouts to do with my girlfriends is yoga. We are equally impatient with our yoga. We are those people who are sweating in the back, and we'll be in downward dog giggling and looking at each other. And I know what we're all thinking: What are we going to order for dinner afterward?

As a female, you are often being asked by directors to be warmer, softer, flirt more, smile more etc... None of those things are bad, and obviously we are capable of a variety of human behavior, but it gets really old having to play into somebody's stereotype or ideal.

I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.

I grew up watching Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer.

An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

After much deliberation, and after reviewing the legal, public policy and civil-rights questions presented, I support marriage equality for same-sex couples and believe that DOMA should be repealed.

To God, thy country, and thy friend be true.

Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

The quality of life in America is dependent on the quality of the journalism. Most people don't realize that, but if you think about it, journalism is one of the pillars on which our society is perched.

My most visible goal is to do something in nutrition to children in India, and pregnant mothers. Because that would change the mental and physical health of our population in years to come.

In my opinion, hip-hop has a lot to do with rock and roll, because at one point it was considered an alternative - edgy, independent. Hip-hop is pots and pans the way that punk is garage. You make something out of nothing.

Disability is natural. We must stop believing that disabilities keep a person from doing something. Because thats not true. Having a disability doesnt stop me from doing anything.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation - that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

I was a big fan of Super Troopers, so working with the Broken Lizard guys was so much fun.