17 Quotes by Dean Burnett

So the more privileged and comfortable someone’s life is, the harder it is for them to appreciate the needs and issues of those worse off. But as long as we don’t do something stupid like put the most pampered people in charge of running countries, we should be OK. We.

As J. P. Gillard said in 1959, ‘An individual’s personality, then, is his unique pattern of traits.’ Note how it says ‘his’; this was the 1950s, and of course, women were allowed to have personalities only from the mid-1970s.

Sadly, the words “reliable” and “accurate” can rarely be applied to the workings of the brain, particularly for memory.

Overall, personality tests would be more useful if our personalities didn’t get in the way.

The brain apparently thinks logic is a precious resource to be used only sparingly.

Knives and blades will slash you up but marshmallows are pretty harmless.

Deadlines are one of the most common ways of inducing stress that provoke an increase in performance.

Or how about the fact that stress can actually increase your performance at a task? It’s a neurological process, not just “something people say.” Deadlines are one of the most common ways of inducing stress that provoke an increase in performance.