I've seen so many people - loved ones and colleagues - who jump from one diet to the next, one exercise regimen… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
The discovery of the habit loop is important because it reveals a basic truth: When a habit emerges, the brain stops fully… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Sochi started with the same problem as every Winter Olympics. Forget the crass commercialism, the fake amateurism, NBC's refusal to televise important… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
You have educate the masses to exactly what their tax dollars are going to pay for. I think once people educate themselves… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Frank Lloyd Wright made houses right up until the end. I think that's important because it gives you a direct connection to… — Steven Holl Copy Share Image
We need a government which, yes, guarantees basic standards in public services, but which also steps in to protect people's wellbeing as… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Long before the first primitive dot matrix printers started cranking out phenomenally ugly text with a resolution marginally better than braille, it's… — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
My father was a die maker for 39 years, so I had a basic understanding of the automobile industry and what the… — Mary Barra Copy Share Image
I like to always remind my dancers about ways to avoid injury. One of the basic ways to avoid injury is to… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
Come back down to basics. The basic things of life, the basic things for me are the things that turn me on… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
I was so surprised because I'm not too sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize, you know, because basically, physics, it… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
I don't think journalism changes. It's about digging into stories and telling them well. The basic tenets of great reporting stay the… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
My earliest interest in game design came when I was in primary school, and my parents bought a Commodore 128 computer. I… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
We have to remain humble about our understanding of the brain, because even our most powerful tools remain pretty blunt instruments for… — Thomas R. Insel Copy Share Image
Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Just as the formation of the family is basic to the formation of the state, so the states themselves are the only… — Leon Bourgeois Copy Share Image
My upbringing was very un-Hollywood... I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten… — Stephanie Zimbalist Copy Share Image
Everybody agrees that the brain is a remarkable machine. It's capable of generating an enormous number of phenomena, some of them very… — Henry Markram Copy Share Image
The best argument for teaching poetry is to put a three-year-old or a four-year-old and read Dr. Seuss, or Robert Louis Stevenson,… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
What matters is being a particular kind of person. At the most basic level, it matters that you are the kind of… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its… — Richard Courant Copy Share Image
I like a basic uniform for guys. Steve Jobs is my fashion icon, because he wears the same outfit every day. If… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
Venture capitalists buy minority positions in young companies they think will grow quickly; buy-out investors buy most or all of companies they… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to change is to act as if you are the person you want to become. When you… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
The basic premise of this is that, yes, people have learned to clone each other, but that cloning is illegal. Not that… — Roger Spottiswoode Copy Share Image
Skaters, I think they tend to be outsiders who seek a sense of belonging, but belonging on their own terms, and real… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I like the idea of utilitarianism. I think that I'm not a trend-driven person. I really… — Erin Wasson Copy Share Image
Balls and strikes are the basic tenet to everything in baseball. From the perspective of hitting, pitching, offense and defense, it's all… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from… — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Some of the hotels I've been put up in for work in Scotland have been shockingly bad. They're the type of hotel… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I am trying to persuade my family to spend more time in China. It's no fun to be in exile. I can't… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
My grandparents in Istria had a frasca, which is about the most basic kind of grocery/restaurant. They sold wine from their own… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Environmental activism against the resource industry is widespread all over the world, but at the same time we have to realise that… — Anil Agarwal Copy Share Image
Basic dictionaries no longer belong on paper; the greatest, the 'Oxford English Dictionary,' has nimbly remade itself in cyberspace, where it has… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
For many people, and particularly in communities of color, the basic bargain of America - that if you work hard and play… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The basic equation that mystified me as a young man was looking at guys who could actually get girls. I was always… — Andy Richter Copy Share Image
The prison industrial complex is perhaps, at least domestically, the most striking example of us putting profit before people. It all stems… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
People aren't necessarily as concerned with how you vote as long as they feel they have a voice. If you can cross… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
The basic idea that if you increase government spending or you cut people's taxes that stimulates the economy and lowers the unemployment… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
