Fran Lebowitz

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.