“All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thing: if you can remove your ego from the game, you can function with much more clarity and you are more likely to succeed. Wouldn't it be interesting if we all began speaking about the mental element of our lives in this way?” IfsWayGamesSpeakInterestingOur LivesSucceedEgoElementsFunctionAthleteClarityRemoveAthletics Author:Garth Stein
“Meditators are shown to have thickening in parts of the brain structure that deal with attention, memory and sensory functions. This was found to be more noticeable in older, more practiced meditators than in younger adults which is interesting because this structure usually tends to get thinner as we age.” AgeFoundMemoriesInterestingDealsAttentionBrainAdultsFunctionStructureSensory Author:Philippa Perry
“It is true that it feels very differently to enjoy a good meal, taking part in an interesting conversation, or to think of how successful your children are. Suppose we do all these things at a particular time. How happy are we at the time? We do not need to calculate the value of each such feelings on any singular scale to answer this question. We need not see our happiness at the time as a mathematical function of these items. It is rather that all these experiences, together with many other factors, causally puts us at the time at a certain level of happiness, i.e. in a certain mood.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsChildrenFeelingsTogetherCertainValuesEnjoyAnswersInterestingLevelsSuccessfulParticularConversationFunctionOur ChildrenMoodScalesFactorsMathematicalYour ChildrenMealsItemsGood MealsInteresting Conversation Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“Sociopaths are more complicated psychopaths; the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath is a sociopath is incredibly charming. There are a lot of sociopaths that are CEOs. They don't necessarily kill people but they're able to walk into a big social function and make everybody think they're the kindest, coolest, smartest, most interesting person in the room.” PeopleThinkingPersonsBigsAbleSocialDifferencesWalksInterestingRoomsFunctionComplicatedCharmingCeoMost InterestingPsychopathSociopath Author:Patrick Heusinger
“To see those two characters [Steve Jobs and Andy Hertzfeld ] juxtaposed against each other shows an interesting dynamic of how gifted people might function differently in the world.” PeopleWorldTwoCharacterShowsMightJobsInterestingFunctionGifted Author:Michael Stuhlbarg
“In my view, the argument from parsimony is really no argument at all - it typically functions only to shut down more interesting discussion. If history is any guide, it's never a good idea to assume that a scientific problem is cornered.” IfsIdeasProblemInterestingViewsArgumentFunctionAssumingGuidesDiscussionGood IdeasCorneredParsimony Book:Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man.” ThinkingMenGivingMeanImportantEndsSeemsFormSpiritualityIndividualSocialInterestingClearEmotionalPerceptionUltimateFunctionFundamentalsMereScience And ReligionSocial LifeValuationEmotional LifeSpiritual Intelligence Book:Ideas and Opinions Source: Ideas and Opinions
“In my case, if one out of five opportunities is interesting enough to work on, maybe one in five of those ends up being worth doing. That might be a function of risk. That might be a function of price. There are all the variables. But you have to be constantly sorting and choosing and prioritizing.” IfsEndsEnoughMightOpportunityInterestingCasesFiveRiskFunctionBuyingVariablesPrioritizeSorting Author:Sam Zell
“Society functions in a way much more interesting than the multiple-choice pattern we have been rewarded for succeeding at in school. Success in life comes not from the ability to choose between the four presented answers, but from the rather more difficult and painfully acquired ability to formulate the questions.” WayHas BeensSchoolChoicesDifficultAbilityAnswersInterestingFourSucceedFunctionPatternsMultipleSuccess In LifeAbility To ChooseMultiple Choice Author:David Mamet
“The most interesting characteristic of the cube is that it is relatively uninteresting. Compared to any other three-dimensional form, the cube lacks any aggressive force, implies no motion, and is least emotive. Therefore, it is the best form to use as a basic unit for any more elaborate function, the grammatical device from which the work may proceed.” MayUseFormThreeForceInterestingFunctionCharacteristicsDevicesAggressiveUnitsMost InterestingCubes Book:Sol Lewitt: critical texts Source: Sol Lewitt: critical texts