The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.

One of the big lessons from behavioral economics is that we make decisions as a function of the environment that we're in.

Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.

The idea that you will make the right decision every time is very unlikely.

Your immediate environment is comprised of coffee shops, supermarkets, websites, apps and all kinds of things - none of which have an interest in your long-term or short-term financial well-being.

Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination.

Companies, however unintentionally, choke the motivation out of their employees.

Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.

The most difficult thing is to recognize that sometimes we too are blinded by our own incentives. Because we don’t see how our conflicts of interest work on us.

Thinking is difficult and sometimes unpleasant.

Brands communicate in two directions: they help us tell other people something about ourselves, but they also help us form ideas about who we are.

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: “She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!”

I think it has most to do with the way in which a story is told, whether it feels real either via the music of the telling or the honesty of the story.

We all have to go through the tumbler a few times before we can emerge as a crystal.

Cities are the sinks of the human race.

Never try to time the bond market. Anyone who claims to know the future of interest rates is certifiable.

I really don't care about birthdays. It's something where even as a kid, I never really felt comfortable when someone would sing to me.

If you look at someone like Joe Strummer or John Lennon, when you heard their music you knew that they wrote it and they cared about it.

"Just give your life to us and stop worrying about things," is what Obama's message is, and people don't want to do that.

Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.