People have just assumed that... if we call our Facebook acquaintances our friends, we must be influenced by them, too. But we're not.

It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and genetics.

It is well to look around at whom, and not just what, surrounds us. Population structure will change everything. Our health, wealth, and peace depend on it.

Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness.

What constrains or enables the capacity of human beings to work in groups is not so much the technology, but rather the capacity of the human brain to have and monitor social interactions.

We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals.

The reason we form networks is because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs. It's to our advantage as individuals and a species to assemble ourselves in this fashion.

I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend.

It's fashionable to speak about vulnerable populations in medicine and public policy, but it's harder to find a more vulnerable population than those who are dying.

My entire youth was spent with an incredibly ill parent... I don't think you can grow up that way and not be marked by that experience.

Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve.

I won't eat in a place that has suits of armor.

Greece is not an easy country to do business in.

Let it be your business every day, in the secrecy of the inner chamber, to meet the holy God. You will be repaid for the trouble it may cost you. The reward will be sure and rich.

What you cannot conquer, circumvent but do not compromise yourself for the sake of the urban jungle, because concrete does not sympathise.

If you don't want to practice, unless you have a hard-nosed coach, you don't have to.

The most unprotected person in America is the black woman.

You can pretty much trace when the big individual indebtedness kicked in, and it was when the credit card became generally available.

A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.

I've always been passionate about what I do and want to do it well, ... My wife says she's a widow to the computer.

A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!