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

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.

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.

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.

Take me! Well, not quite take me, love me now, take me eventually

The question isn't at what age I want to retire it's at what income.

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

I'm playing this game because I'm blessed and want to help this team win the Super Bowl, ... At the same time, I want to be considered the best safety that has ever played the game.

I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.

I am still fairly new to the whole social media thing - I am definitely tweeting and Facebooking. It's a nice way to connect with fans.

We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.

As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay.

One day you will take me completely out of myself, I'll do what the angels cannot do. Your eyelash will write on my cheek the poem that hasn't been thought of.

There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.