Hugely enjoyable and insightfulGosling has produced the perfect combination of rigorous research and lightness of prose to create a book that will transform every reader into a super snooper.

Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving.

Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives. Being in the right place at the right time is actually all about being in the right state of mind.

The concept of luck is very straightforward. Some people notice opportunities and others don't.

Lucky people create, notice, and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives.

We are far more like somebody watching ourselves than somebody in charge of ourselves.

Happiness doesn't just flow from success; it actually causes it.

Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.

I agree that by the standards of any other area of science that remote viewing is proven.

Because remote viewing is such an outlandish claim that will revolutionise the world, we need overwhelming evidence before we draw any conclusions. Right now we don't have that evidence.

When people can afford necessities in life, an increase in income dones not result in a significantly happier life.

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.

You will fail. At some point. More than once. Guaranteed. Proceed anyway.

I was totally against the war in Iraq, you can check Reuters, July of oh-four, I was against it, I said you are going to destabilize.

But I gotta say, oh, baby, oh baby, why is this so familiar? Just met her, already feel like I know the real her.

Because I understand all the ways of trying to escape, how sometimes you escape one prison only to find you've built yourself a different one.

There is no way to catch a snake that is as safe as not catching him.

You've got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you've got to believe that God has a reason for it and he's going to make everything good.

In general, every stimulus directs activity. It does not simply excite it or stir it up, but directs it toward an object.

I felt better about myself that I did it [calling Max Askeli Commander Askeli], rather than have - rather than thinking it and not writing it for being afraid of what might happen to me.

I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.