While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes bad bang buck
Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn't-fair results, it turns out that the happy outperform the less happy. Happy people work more hours each week - and they work more in their free time, too. Gretchen Rubin criticalfactorfair share on social
A person with 'oppositional conversational style' is a person who, in conversation, disagrees with and corrects whatever you say. He or she may do this in a friendly way, or a belligerent way, but this person frames remarks in opposition to whatever you venture. Gretchen Rubin belligerentconversationconversational share on social
Nature is impersonal, awe-inspiring, elegant, eternal. It's geometrically perfect. It's tiny and gigantic. You can travel far to be in a beautiful natural setting, or you can observe it in your backyard - or, in my case, in the trees lining New York City sidewalks, or in the clouds above skyscrapers. Gretchen Rubin awebackyardbeautiful share on social
I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones. Jonathan Tropper 80sactionbad Change image and share on social
There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music. Phil Collins banggroovelyric Change image and share on social
The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!' Zooey Deschanel buckclubearn Change image and share on social