“People are unrealistically optimistic even when the stakes are high. About 50 percent of marriages end in divorce, and this is a… — Richard H. Thaler Copy Share Image
“There are many famous people who could read extremely fast. It was said that England’s Samuel Johnson could read almost as fast… — Peter Kump Copy Share Image
Learn the leading precognita of all things-no need to turn over leaf by leaf, but grasp the trunk hard and you will… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of desire. Social psychologists say we… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
“The philosopher Berkley claimed that everything in the universe exists solely as a thought in the mind of God. In response to… — Peter Trachtenberg Copy Share Image
I think it was Samuel Johnson who said, "There are two kinds of information in this world: that what you know and… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
“Examine this statement: ‘A woman cannot be a poet.’ Dr Samuel Johnson (Englishman 1709-84 Occupation: Language Fixer and Big Mouth.) What then… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Say “no” only when it really matters. Wear a bright red shirt with bright orange shorts? Sure. Put water in the toy… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
