Paul Bloom Quotes

Two people live within me. One's a very savvy businessperson; the other's a party girl.

A lot of people do impulsive things. They just go with their moves. I used to do that. Once I was able to control my mind, I was able to control my actions.

The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as the thing you ought to follow at all costs.

The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future well-being.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.

Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.

Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may be against your interest.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

My biggest weakness is that I'm excessive. Fortunately for everyone concerned, I'm not as excessive as I used to be.

I don't have anyone curbing my instincts, doing anything destructive to my self opinion.

I don't want to be viewed as a womaniser or whatever. I don't like going crazy crazy, I like having fun but it's nice to wake up in your own bed, isn't it?

I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and get in touch with what's inside.

If we lose track when it comes to deciding when to stop, that should be a sign.

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

I overheard one of my friends say, 'If Amari scores, I bet he's real happy and he'll get real excited.' I just so happened to score, and since I heard him say that, I was like, 'Nah, I'm not going to get really excited.' And for some reason, that felt like the right thing to do. I been the same way since.

I still think carefully about what I'm going to say. I use me heart and head technique, in which the heart says, 'get stuck in, Dennis!', and the head says, 'just a minute... ' But I probably don't use this as often as some others.

I know I've had an attitude that can explode, but I'm trying my best to not step out of bounds.

Sometimes I think I'm a bit impatient, and a bit more patience would help me in some cases.

Not saying I was a bad kid, but I had a lot to learn. You've just got to not be impulsive.