But if you get chronically, psychosocially stressed, you're going to compromise your health. So, essentially, we've evolved to be smart enough to make ourselves sick.

Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch.

We live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress.

The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.

An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.

The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be.

Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads.

We all seek out stress. We hate the wrong kinds of stress but when it's the right kind, we love it - we pay good money to be stressed by a scary movie, a roller coaster ride, a challenging puzzle.

What does the frontal cortex do? Gratification postponement, executive function, long-term planning, and impulse control. Basically, it makes you do the harder thing.

If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble.

What happened in the milliseconds before a behavior to cause it? That's in the neurobiological realm.

A woman is a poem, a man is a report

I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy.

I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.

Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.

I want to make my mark in the NFL. This is the highest level, and this is where it goes down in history.

Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.

For the faithful, Spirit-filled Christian, every place becomes a place of prayer.

Social standing and reptuation has always mattered, but now it 's happening on a global basis.

Expect me to continue what I've been doing, which is trying to take over the world.

If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.