Most people would say 'the deets', but I say 'the tails'. Just another example of innovation.
When you’re at the beginning, don’t obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there.
The most basic way to get someone's attention is this: Break a pattern.
The first problem of communication is getting people's attention.
Anger prepares us to fight and fear prepares us to flee.
Lots of us have expertise in particular areas. Becoming an expert in something means that we become more and more fascinated by nuance and complexity. That's when the Curse of Knowledge kicks in, and we start to forget what it's like not to know what we know.
Success emerges from the quality of the decisions we make and the quantity of luck we receive. We can't control luck. But we can control the way we make choices.
Especially females and the younger ones like to be with somebody who is wise.
The philosopher is he to whom the highest has descended, and the lowest has mounted up; who is the equal and kindly brother of all.
There's nothing better than working up a good sweat.
I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.