1,086 quotes from books that matter
Because cholesterol belongs to the lipid family (that is, fats), it is not water soluble and thus cannot dissolve in our plasma like glucose or sodium and travel freely through our circulation. So it must be carted around in tiny spherical particles called lipoproteins—the final “L” in LDL and HDL—which act like little cargo submarines.
The link between the body, the mind, and the breath is not new to anyone who has done more than a few Pilates or yoga classes or practiced meditation.
War is a quite complex human behavior, and people who study it don’t even agree on the most fundamental causes—about whether war is inherent to humans, or cultural, or ecological in the sense of depending on the environment.
If we do plan to leave this place, better to do so as an adult. Let’s spend the awkward years learning and then strike out for new vistas.
The loftier the building, the deeper the foundation must be laid.
By sprinkling triggers throughout your surroundings, you increase the odds that you’ll think about your habit throughout the day. Make sure the best choice is the most obvious one.
Each day, there are a handful of moments that deliver an outsized impact. I refer to these little choices as decisive moments.
Be cautious about making a declarative statement in the first communication up the chain or publicly.
The all-or-nothing cycle of behavior change is just one pitfall that can derail your habits.
Habit tracking is obvious. Recording your last action creates a trigger that can initiate your next one.
Slow down, go fast. It’s the same, I think, with learning stability.
The more I kept this second guy talking and he’d come around. We’d find a way to get him out of that bank—with or without Chris Watts.
There was something sweet in the way they moved from foes to friends, from athletic rivals to simple teenage boys, the minute that the metaphorical whistle blew the game over.
It was time, he argued, to start looking at therapies that targeted cancer’s metabolism as well as its genetics.
The guy across the table is not the problem; the situation is.
We pick up habits from the people around us. We copy the way our parents handle arguments, the way our peers flirt with one another, the way our coworkers get results.
Owing to the chaotic nature of a crisis, a leader should always be skeptical about first reports. They are invariably inaccurate or misleading.
The court concluded that 'a reasonable attempt at negotiations must be made prior to a tactical intervention.'
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
You never let go of the rope. Olivia, Reese, and Ayrton saw too much of their daddy in front of a computer screen on nights and weekends and repeatedly asked that I work less. Now that this book is done, I can finally give them more of what they rightly deserve.
In the best families, the ones I know have solid relationships, the kids say the same thing every time. 'Thank you for believing in me.'
A nuclear reactor is a power source in a box, which can be adjusted up and down at will, and which can go years without refueling.
The researchers speculated that even this very slight degree of caloric reduction may have been significant—certainly, it supports our thesis that it is better to avoid being overnourished.
Compared to the tools discussed in previous chapters, the techniques here seem concrete and easy to use. But many people shy away from them because they seem manipulative.