I have great confidence in human curiosity - even though I don't know what curiosity is from a biological point of view. One of its characteristics has got to be the willingness to explore.

What you do and learn in life physically changes what your brain looks like—it literally rewires it.

You've got seconds to grab your audience's attention and only minutes to keep it.

We must do a better job of encouraging lifelong curiosity.

Here's why this matters: Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only that, he or she makes up to 50 percent more errors.

If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would probably design something like a classroom.

The brain remembers the emotional component of an experience better than any other aspect.

The more senses recruited at the moment of learning, the more likely you are to recall it later.

Having a first child is like swallowing an intoxicating drink made of equal parts joy and terror, chased with a bucketful of transitions nobody ever tells you about.

Empathy works so well because it does not require a solution. It requires only understanding.

To improve short-term memory significantly, reduce the stress in your life. And choose your parents wisely.

Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live?

I was never over-weight, just under-tall. The correct height for my weight at the moment is seven feet ten and a half inches.

The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.

...there are few things deader than a dead brown trout stream.

Childhood is never troubled with foresight.

That’s right, I’m crazy. But, I don’t ever want to go back to being of sound mind again. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to. Because as crazy as I may get, I only have eyes for Ju Yoo Rin.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

People will never set their faces decidedly towards heaven, and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger of hell.

I practiced two or three hours, sometimes none, sometimes six. It was very varied.

I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It should look like a drama.