Paul J. Zak famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
-
You need eight hugs a day. You'll be happier and the world will be a better place.
-- Paul J. Zak -
Trust is kind of this economic lubricant. When trust is high, morale is high. ... Higher trust environments produce individuals who are happier.
-- Paul J. Zak -
Oxytocin connects us to other people; oxytocin makes us feel what other people feel. And it's easy to cause people's brains to release oxytocin. Let me show you. Come here. Give me a hug.
-- Paul J. Zak -
Oxytocin infusion increases generosity in unilateral monetary transfers by 80 percent [and] increases donations to charity by 50 percent.
-- Paul J. Zak -
Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it?
-- Paul J. Zak -
[We] administered testosterone to men; instead of sharing money, they become selfish. Interestingly, high testosterone males are also more likely to use their own money to punish others for being selfish.
-- Paul J. Zak -
Showing kindness causes oxytocin release in the recipient that motives him or her to be kind to others. You can start this virtuous cycle in the simplest ways, for example, by giving someone a hug. I send you a hug!
-- Paul J. Zak
-
Can we drop the pretense of Presidents Day and just call it I needed a long weekend because Valentines Day is garbage
-
For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.
-
I never knew that I could love someone the way that I love you.
-
They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
-
I collect travel alarm clocks. I was in a flea market in France once, in 1994, and I opened up this beautiful Jaeger-LeCoultre folding eight-day winding clock folded into a beautiful case, and I went, 'Wow, man.' And I've been collecting travel alarm clocks since 1994.
-
One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others.
-
Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.
-
The decisions that Ellen made on her show were between her and her producers. I supported her decisions. I was there to hug her when she got home.
-
Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you [hugging] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history of Twitter. How do you keep the fire going?
-
Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man's highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.
You may also like:
-
Alfred Kinsey
Biologist -
Antonio Damasio
Professor -
Barbara Fredrickson
Professor -
Dan Ariely
Professor -
Daniel Gilbert
Professor -
Daniel Kahneman
Psychologist -
Ed Diener
Psychologist -
Frans de Waal
Primatologist -
George Akerlof
Economist -
Gregory Berns
Neuroscientist -
Herbert Simon
Scientist -
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President -
Johnnetta B. Cole
Anthropologist -
Jonathan Haidt
Psychologist -
Martin Seligman
Psychologist -
Peter Drucker
Author -
Richard Thaler
Economist -
Sam Harris
Author -
Steven Pinker
Psychologist -
Vernon L. Smith
Professor