It is easier to study the 'behavior' of rats than people, because rats are smaller and have fewer outside commitments. So modern psychology is mostly about rats

I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.

In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way.

Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present.

A narrow mind and a wide mouth usually go together.

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.

When someone says his conclusions are objective, he means that they are based on prejudices which many other people share.

Lack of clarity is always a sign of dishonesty.

One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.

The human race has to be bad at psychology; if it were not, it would understand why it is bad at everything else.

The only important thing to realise about history is that it all took place in the last five minutes.

Fools write books about madness being an elevated mental state or an alternative form of creativity. It's not, it's anguish.

I think of you now mare than ever. It's raining today.

He possessed the rare merit of making a property of his time and not a burden.

But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.

I've met a few people in my time who were enthusiastic about hard work. And it was just my luck that all of them happened to be men I was working for at the time.

You can't just do one of the things, because it won't be enough to combat the climate change that we're already starting to experience. It will only get worse.

I can fish from a stick and a string.

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

Give thanks. Appreciate what you DO have ... the more we give thanks, the more we receive to be thankful for. Gratitude is the gift that always gives back.