Quotes of the Day

About 7 hours is the optimal duration of sleep. Every 1 hour a night decrease in sleep below the 7-8 hour threshold is associated with 6% higher risk of total cardiovascular disease. Every 1 hour a night increase in sleep duration above that 7-8 hour threshold is associated with 12% higher risk of total cardiovascular disease. [2025] - Eric Topol

Maverick dentist Melvin E. Page calculated the perfect calcium-to-phosphorus ratio of 10:4, phosphorus levels in the blood above 3.5 milligrams per deciliter for bones and teeth, and the correct blood sugar level of 85 milligrams per deciliter for optimal oral health. [2013] - Nadine Artemis

When you share your vision, some people will want to help you make it happen. Others will introduce you to friends and resources that can help you. [2005] - Jack Canfield

Millionaires typically make their fortune in one of three ways: From entrepreneurship, which accounts for 75% of all the millionaires in the United States; as an executive at a major corporation, about 10% of millionaires; or as a professional practitioner (doctor, lawyer, dentist, certified public accountant, architect). Additionally, about 5% become millionaires through sales and sales consulting. [2005] - Jack Canfield

Incidental touching is done with the hand and is brief, gentle, natural, and nonthreatening. You may touch the person's arm or shoulder but never anywhere that's overtly sexual (the breast, the butt, the inner thigh). Your first incidental touch should come around the time you are comfortable with medium-risk self-disclosure--preferably after you have laughed together and learned in to each other. If your well-timed and brief touch on the arm prompts a warm response, you can follow it with an appropriately-timed, incidental touch to the hand. [2004] - Nicholas Boothman