“The brain scientists are the wave of the future in the financial world. If you seek to maximize understanding, whether you're in academia or in the investment community, you'd better pay serious attention to them.” IfsWorldUnderstandingCommunityMoneyPayAttentionBrainSeriousScientistInvestmentFinancialWaveAcademia Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.” MatterPlayChanceLevelsPowerfulBrainRolesSeriousPersonalityConsequenceIncomeChemicalsSoup Author:Mohsin Hamid
“It's helpful for me to get ideas - the physical action of painting. Sometimes it frees up your writer brain. It's nice for me now that the writing has become a serious career that painting can become more like a hobby.” WritingIdeasSometimesActionBrainCareersNicePaintingSeriousHelpfulHobbies Author:Erin Morgenstern
“Now, once again, we find ourselves facing rising gas prices, and the question is: This time, are we going to learn from the past? Are we finally going to get serious about energy conservation? Of course not! We have the brains of mealworms! So we need to get more oil somehow. As far as I can figure, there's only one practical way to do this. That's right: We need to clone more dinosaurs. We have the technology, as was shown in two blockbuster scientific movies, Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park Returns with Exactly the Same Plot. Once we have the dinosaurs, all we need is an asteroid.” WayNeedsI CanTwoPastCoursesEnergyBrainTechnologyFiguresSeriousReturnOilPracticalsParksRisingGasPlotConservationDinosaursAsteroidsBlockbusterLearn From The PastGas PricesJurassic ParkEnergy Conservation Author:Dave Barry
“When you are dealing with a serious compulsion or addictive pattern, then by definition self-will, self-discipline, and any other machinations of the conscious mind are not enough by themselves to handle the problem. It is like a breaker switch in your brain is simply flipped. Anybody who has had this kind of a problem knows that it doesn't matter how intelligent you are. Sigmund Freud said, "Intelligence will be used in the service of the neurosis."” KnowsMindKindSaidSelfMatterEnoughProblemUsedBrainSeriousDisciplineConsciousIntelligentPatternsDefinitionsHandleSelf DisciplineCompulsionNeurosisConscious MindFlippedSelf Will Author:Marianne Williamson
“The Bush administration has been doing everything it can to hide the huge number of returning veterans who are severely wounded - 17,000 so far including roughly 20 percent with serious brain and head injuries. Even the estimate of $500 billion ignores the lifetime disability and healthcare costs that taxpayers will have to spend for years to come.” YearsHas BeensNumbersBrainSeriousHugeCostPercentLifetimeIncludingBillionsAdministrationInjuryDisabilityHealthcareWoundedVeteranTaxpayersHuge NumbersHead Injuries Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“I'm deadly serious even when I play tennis against my kids. I want to beat their brains out.” WantPlayKidsBrainSeriousBeatsTennis Author:Jack Nicklaus
“Our most serious obstacle is the uncontrollable urge to convert everything to the familiar, to reduce it all to the level of the primate brain; to reject the living, breathing reality of the totality of all possible attention.” RealityLevelsAttentionBrainSeriousObstaclesFamiliarBreathingUrgesRejectsTotalityUncontrollablePrimatesUncontrollable Urge Author:E. J. Gold
“Always praise your kid even if he/she is unresponsive to learning. By insulting them and putting them down, you will only push them away and make them feel inadequate around other kids. Have faith that your child's brain is an evolving planet that rotates at its own speed. It will naturally be attracted to or repel certain subjects. Be patient. Just as there are ugly ducklings that turn into swans, there are rebellious kids that turn into serious innovators and hardcore intellectuals.” IfsFeelsChildrenKidsCertainTurnsBrainSubjectsPlanetsSeriousPraisePatientUglySpeedEvolveYour ChildrenHave FaithBe PatientRebelliousInadequateInsultingInnovatorsSwansHardcoreDucklingsUnresponsiveUgly Duckling Author:Suzy Kassem
“Physical fitness is vital for the optimal function of the brain, for retardation of the onset of serious arteriosclerosis which is beginning to appear in early adult life, and for longevity, and a useful and healthy life for our older citizens.” BrainSeriousCitizensHealthyAdultsFunctionLongevityHealthy LifeOptimalPhysical Fitness Author:Paul Dudley White
“Information is Power. Think For Yourself. CAUTION: proper use of the brain is not endorsed by federal governments nor huge corporations involved in serious financial profit from a brainwashed and enslaved population. Mild discomfort may occur as confusing independent thought challenges popular views of the world.” ThinkingWorldMayUseGovernmentChallengesViewsBrainInformationSeriousHugeInvolvedIndependentFinancialPopulationProfitCorporationsFederal GovernmentConfusingCautionDiscomfortBrainwashedIndependent ThoughtThink For YourselfInformation Is Power Author:Timothy Leary
“The terrorists exist, and I think we must speak to them, not to establish a dialogue-since for serious terrorists that is unfortunately out of the question - but to learn how their brains work, to be better able to fight them.” ThinkingFightingSpeakBrainSeriousTerrorist Author:Bernard-Henri Levy
“I grew up bilingual, I grew up speaking Chinese in the home, Mandarin Chinese with my parents, and I learned English because I was born and raised in the U.S. That really gave me an edge. I understand that, from the experts, if you grew up bilingual, your brain kind of gets wired to accept a new language. It was a very serious deal because not only did I have to learn Russian to a high degree in order to function as a necessary member of the crew, but also I knew that the Russians that came over that made an effort and had some success in learning English, those were the folks we trusted.” KindHomeLanguageParentEffortBrainAcceptingSeriousChineseTrusted Author:Leroy Chiao