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> [Your immediate environment is comprised of coffee shops, supermarkets, websites, apps and all kinds of things - none of which have an interest in your long-term or short-term financial well-being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/your-immediate-environment-is-comprised-of-coffee-shops-supermarkets/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

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> [We're actually trying to develop an iPhone app, now that the Droid is out, we'll do it for that as well, if we ever learn how to program on this thing. But the idea is that to make money concrete.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/we-re-actually-trying-to-develop-an-iphone-app-now-that-the-droid-is/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

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## Other authors on Apps

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apps/amit-kalantri/)

## More by Dan Ariely

> [If you think of people as making decisions actively, every time we think about the cup of coffee, we say, "How much will I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/if-you-think-of-people-as-making-decisions-actively-every-time-we/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [ “\[..\] we human beings are ready and willing to steal something that does not explicitly reference monetary value - that is, something that lacks… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/we-human-beings-are-ready-and-willing-to-steal-something-that-does/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/it-is-true-that-from-a-behavioral-economics-perspective-we-are/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [“Contrafreeloading,” a term coined by the animal psychologist Glen Jensen, refers to the finding that many animals prefer to earn food rather than simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/contrafreeloading-a-term-coined-by-the-animal-psychologist-glen/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [One of the big lessons from behavioral economics is that we make decisions as a function of the environment that we're in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/one-of-the-big-lessons-from-behavioral-economics-is-that-we-make/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [Not all debt is bad. From time to time we should get into debt when there's a good reason for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/not-all-debt-is-bad-from-time-to-time-we-should-get-into-debt-when/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [“This result suggests that cheating is not driven by concerns about standing out. Rather, it shows that our sense of our own morality is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/this-result-suggests-that-cheating-is-not-driven-by-concerns-about/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [“ONE OF THE main differences between standard and behavioral economics involves this concept of “free lunches.” According to the assumptions of standard economics, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/one-of-the-main-differences-between-standard-and-behavioral-economics/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [Money is all about opportunity cost. Every time you spend on something, that's something you can't spend on something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/money-is-all-about-opportunity-cost-every-time-you-spend-on-something/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [The people that lend you money basically give you an answer based on the risk that they are willing to take. But just because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/the-people-that-lend-you-money-basically-give-you-an-answer-based-on/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [“Upton Sinclair once noted, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/upton-sinclair-once-noted-it-is-difficult-to-get-a-man-to-understand/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [If you get people to feel that they are putting something, that they are creating it and so on, their love for the project…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/if-you-get-people-to-feel-that-they-are-putting-something-that-they/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [If I gave you now, $10 as a gift, how happy would you be? Would you be happy, is the marginal $10, the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/if-i-gave-you-now-10-as-a-gift-how-happy-would-you-be-would-you-be/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [Imagine you have six loans, small to huge. People want to close loans and because of that, they try to pay off the small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/imagine-you-have-six-loans-small-to-huge-people-want-to-close-loans/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

> [“he started by selling his Porsche Boxster and buying a Toyota Prius in its place.4 “I don’t want to live the life of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/he-started-by-selling-his-porsche-boxster-and-buying-a-toyota-prius/)

[Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/)

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