Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.

[Adulthood:] It's when you stop doing the stuff you have to make excuses for and when you stop making excuses for the stuff you have to do.

Think of a hypothesis as a card. A theory is a house made of hypotheses.

Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.

My thoughts are like waffles - the first few don't look so good.

Try square dancing-at least long enough to no longer feel silly and begin to have fun.