Maria Konnikova Quotes

Nobody responds to being made to feel judged.

If there's comfort involved, it's probably not for me.

I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the world.

I have the same pet peeve as Anderson Cooper, which is bare feet in public. I hate it. It so grosses me out, especially in New York. Oh my God, New York in the summer with people and their feet in their sandals and their flip-flops, like get it away!

Personally, when things upset me, I get quiet and closed off. I have nothing to say, and a chill sets in while I think about what's going on.

Hate showers, they're weird.

Real life is often sloppy, tragic, ugly, embarrassing, unglamorous, and not made for TV.

The problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let's get out of here.

Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song.

When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.

I don't like to watch myself. For the most part, I find it weird. It depresses me; I'm very critical.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify.

If someone makes you feel wrong-footed, you're unlikely to find them witty.

Doing these parts is not fun. It's challenging, but no fun. It's creepy. I would rather play the guy that throws the touchdown pass and gets carried off the field.

This is an abomination … This is not a religion that has produced great things in the world

…it was the nature of man, when told that he should be shunned and despised and condemned as the cause of all the vice and misery and crime in the land, to retreat within himself, close all the avenues to his head and his heart.

The Saracens … whom we never found desirable either as friends or as enemies.

The less you want to do about something, the more you have to talk about it

Denial is a powerful force.

Angus is a pretty crappy name.

Do I ever get questions that are rude or impertinent? Yes, but I love to use them. The audience immediately perceives the emotional awkwardness of the situation.

We've been polarizing for different reasons. For one thing, my voice is very polarizing. It sits in this place that either appeals to people or really puts people off. I can understand that.

I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'

There are girls who find the giant beard 'gross' and 'creepy.' I know because they tell me.