Der Wirkungsgrad des zweimaligen Lesens ist nicht der doppelte Wirkungsgrad, sondern viel mehr. Beispiel: 1x lesen = Behalten von 3% Inhalt; 2x lesen = Behalten von 30% Inhalt

Precommitment: Bezahle zuerst, konsumiere danach.

Wer frühzeitig korrigiert, hat einen Vorteil vor jenen, die lange am perfekten Setup basteln und vergebens darauf hoffen, dass ihr Plan aufgeht.

Focusing Illusion: Je stärker wir uns auf einen bestimmten Aspekt unseres Lebens konzentrieren, desto bedeutender schätzen wir den Einfluss dieses Aspekts auf unser ganzes Leben ein.

Easterling Paradox: Wenn die Grundbedürfnisse gestillt sind, führt zusätzlicher Wohlstand nicht zu zusätzlichem Glück.

Fuck-You-Money sind die Ersparnisse, die es Ihnen erlauben, Ihren Job jederzeit an den Nagel zu hängen, ohne in eine finanzielle Notsituation zu schlittern (z.B. die Ersparnis von einem Jahresgehalt).

Rechnen Sie damit, dass alles Wertvolle viel Zeit benötigt.

Möchten Sie lieber der beste Liebhaber der Welt sein, während Sie als der miserabelste gelten? Oder möchten Sie lieber der miserabelste Liebhaber sein, aber von aller Welt als der beste gelten?

Hire for attitude, train for skill.

Es ist wichtiger zu wissen, wohin wir gehen, als schnell irgendwo anzukommen.

In Selbstmitleid zu baden trägt nicht zur Überwindung des Unglücks bei.

Mache nichts für Geld, was du nicht auch für einen Zehntel des Betrags tun würdest.

Wenn Sie nach außen nicht vertreten, wovon Sie innerlich überzeugt sind, werden Sie nach und nach zur Marionette.

Das Beste, was man tun kann, sobald man merkt, dass man über irgendetwas nachgrübeln möchte, ist stets, dass man noch mehr Gedanken darauf verschwendet, als es der Instinkt verlangt, bis schließlich die krankhafte Anziehungskraft sich selbst verzehrt hat.

Statt daran zu denken, was man alles noch nicht besitzt, ist es besser, sich zu überlegen, wie stark man die Dinge, die man besitzt, vermissen würde, wenn man sie nicht besäße.

Um zu wissen, was man zeichnen will, muss man anfangen zu zeichnen.

Das gute Leben finden Sie nicht durch Nachdenken.

While a lab director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community. I learned this early in my career while I was leading the construction of the SPEAR facility.

I like to personalise my dressing room, have a cover for the bed and, if it is a long run, a few cushions and a teapot - a little pot for one.

McDonald's says it's phasing out pig gestation crates. When I heard that news, I almost started crying.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Trials are the soil in which faith flourishes.

So I think it was a good thing It was a little surreal watching Leo scream 'I'm not going to die today!' with our music playing - that was the last thing on my mind when I wrote the song.

I always knew my mom was a good actress.

I had to have shoulder reconstruction.

I'm not really an awards person. I've got a couple of gongs over my time, but I tend to be snubbed anyway for some reason.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.

Perhaps the original layaway angel knew from experience, or simply deduced, that people resorting to the old-fashioned installment method of layaway may be struggling financially.

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids, Scotch-tape his humerus together and get back out there.

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

What the elders see while sitting the young ones standing on their toes won't see.

I'm pretty easy going, I think.

Remember this, folks - I am a Hillbilly, and I don't always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.

The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today as when he originally created it.

When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get anything done, I couldn't be attacking them. I had to find ways to reach out to them.

And that's the mistake that was made with Steel Pier. Roger was caught between a rock and hard place. It would have cost a couple of million dollars more to take it to Boston or someplace first. So we opened about a month too early.

In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has been very little terrorism from the West Bank. It's a kind of peace. I hope for a better and more enduring peace. Peace is not an endgame; we will never be completely at peace.

It's always good to be around people who get it and understand because it's a huge difference working on a black set. I can walk on a black set and not have to worry about my hair because they know.

The JOBS Act is the 'topic of the moment.'

I think everyone's against abortion.