I further believe that personality seeps into walls and is…

“Just because something makes sense after the fact doesn't mean it was obvious all along.”

— Sam Gosling

“Real change is possible, of course, but it's hard to achieve because you have to contend with your underlying biological predisposition as well as…

— Sam Gosling

“importance of paying attention to location when considering identity claims. Placement determines the psychological function that the clue serves.”

— Sam Gosling

“Not all behavior leaves physical remains. Smiling doesn’t, and neither does walking or talking. But the residue of actions that do leave their mark…

— Sam Gosling

“Apparently, anxious people high on neuroticism are using the self-affirmations and inspirational messages of posters to regulate their tendency to worry about things and…

— Sam Gosling

“Three broad mechanisms—identity claims, feeling regulators, and behavioral residue—seemed to connect people to the spaces that surrounded them.”

— Sam Gosling

“As we’ll see, a messy desk doesn’t always signal a messy mind”

— Sam Gosling

“For a behavior to be part of your personality, it should be something that you do repeatedly.”

— Sam Gosling

“Much of the stuff we gather about us and the environments we create are there not to send messages about our identities but specifically…

— Sam Gosling

“Identity claims are either directed toward others or directed at the self, and both kinds have their own psychological functions.”

— Sam Gosling