A person of genius should marry a person of character.
We will use the actions of others to decide on proper behavior for ourselves, especially when we view those others as similar to ourselves
Our best evidence of what people truly feel and believe comes less from their words than from their deeds.
Presuasion is what you say immediately before you deliver your message that leverages your success tremendously.
A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.
The truly gifted negotiator, then, is one whose initial position is exaggerated enough to allow for a series of concessions that will yield a desirable final offer from the opponent, yet is not so outlandish as to be seen as illegitimate from the start.
What new psychology suggests, it's the factor that is top of consciousness at the moment before you make that economic decision that will win the day.
Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject, nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling.
If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.
I'm always busy, but I'm lazy as well.
Evolution is a large political controversy as to what should be taught in the schools. But there is no scientific controversy that we evolved when we talk about evidence from fossils and DNA.