And you can save more money for retirement. It’s not just about marshmallows.

Once you realize that will power is just a matter of learning how to control your attention and thoughts, you can really begin to increase it.

If you want to know why some kids can wait and others can't, then you've got to think like they think.

If you can deal with hot emotions, then you can study for the S.A.T. instead of watching television, and you can save more money for retirement. It's not just about marshmallows.

I made a pact with my three-year-old thumb-sucking daughter that if she stopped sucking her thumb, I would stop sucking my pipe.

James Watson summarizes the conclusion: “A predisposition does not a predetermination make.

Melancholy is not one of my emotions. Quite seriously, I don't do melancholy. It's a miserable way to be.

I have an easy tendency to stumble and fall, which is not a good thing in an 84-year-old guy, so when I brush my teeth, then I do balancing exercises.

Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always at our most cautious with them for fear of being hurt.

I have all these great genes, but they're recessive. That's the problem here.

What gets celebrated gets replicated.

...I have always maintained that, excepting fools, men did not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work; and I still think there is an eminently important difference.

Be humble, or you'll stumble.

I will fight for your right to be weird- just as I know you will fight for mine.

You might be a redneck if you think people that send out graduation announcements are show-offs.

I have just enough public appreciation to make me happy.

Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy.