We judge people and initiatives by their results, and we expect events to happen for good, understandable reason. But our clear visions of inevitability are often only illusions.

Regression toward the mean. That is, in any series of random events an extraordinary event is most likely to be followed, due purely to chance, by a more ordinary one.

Subliminal is about how we misinterpret our behavior because were unaware of what our unconscious minds are doing.

One thing that feeds into the way you experience the social world is your mood - and one thing that affects your mood is the weather.

Listeners instinctively detect that when we lower the usual pitch of our voice, we are sad, and when we raise it, we are angry or fearful.

Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.

Social rejection doesn't just cause emotional pain; it affects our physical being.

A failure doesn't mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try.

Research suggests when it comes to understanding our feelings, we humans have an odd mix of low ability and high confidence.

That's why successful people in every field are almost universally members of a certain set - the set of people who don't give up.

One of the most surprising forms of nonverbal communication is the way we automatically adjust the amount of time we spend looking into another's eyes as a function of our relative social position.

Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?

Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It'll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.

What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics is civil war carried on by other means.

The tearoom lady called me love. All the shop ladies called me love and most of the men called me mate. I hadn't been here twelve hours and already they loved me.

[Donald Trump] said that he has intelligence briefings. He's heard stuff that body language. It's very wild to me.

I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.

Benedict may not be as hurt as he really is.

I mean, the great thing about being an actor is you can investigate parts of your brain that might have otherwise gone dormant.

It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether.

I have friends from rock stars to Rastas; I don't even know what an unexpected friend is.