Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are.

Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.

What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.

Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

we have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally

You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or maybe there's another word for such people: thinkers.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.

I'm continually amazed by how many people who appear to be extroverts are actually introverts.

Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances.

Put in the time, learn something new, challenge your perception and know that a setback is an opportunity in hindsight

Nothing else in this world can renew our minds like the Bible.

Those who disrupt their industries change consumer behavior, alter economics, and transform lives.

People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not.

If young actors ask me things, I always tell them to get on set and watch how it's done. If you can, watch the people that you like, how they work.

All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.

I said about Van Jones . Be careful. This guy is extraordinarily dangerous and he is smart.

I'm one of the first Americans who wasn't a torturer or an interrogator.

Hindu-Muslim unity, khaddar and removal of untouchability are to me the foundation of Swaraj.

You can't depend on polls.