One of my key realizations about happiness, and a point oddly under-emphasized by positive psychologists, given its emphasis in popular culture, is that outer order contributes to inner calm. More than it should. Gretchen Rubin calmcontributeculture share on social
One of my kids keeps on saying that he wants to be a paleontologist, but first he wants to make a time machine, so he can go back and save the dinosaurs. James Callis backdinosaurkid Change image and share on social
One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to. Toni Morrison bearbrothercontempt share on social
One of my last few vices is coffee, but with a spot of almond or soymilk, it's never tasted better! Michelle Forbes almondcoffeesoymilk Change image and share on social
One of my life philosophies is that you have a choice to make when you're doing something creative. You can be cheesy... or you can be lame. Marc Webb cheesychoicecreative Change image and share on social
One of my life principles is that if something isn't working, doing something harder isn't necessarily going to produce the same result. Angus King hardlifenecessarily Change image and share on social
One of my lifelong hobbies has been to collect 'aptronyms' - the newspaper columnist Franklin P. Adams's term for people whose names were curiously appropriate to, or provided ironic comment on, their occupations. Timothy Noah adamaptronymscollect share on social
One of my little girls is named Reagan. Her first words were, 'Mr. Larry, tear down this crib.' That was her first words, it was very sweet. My first words were, 'Are you going to finish that sandwich?' Larry the Cable Guy cribfinishgirl share on social
One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. Maya Angelou anymorecallcover share on social
One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If I don't write and illustrate for some time, then I begin to question who I am. Anthony Browne acceptbeginbook share on social
