“Cognitive dissonance is often considered a failure of the human psyche.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“It is a happy faculty of the mind to slough that which conscience refuses to assimilate.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Bad behavior don't make us cool, it only exposes the fool we are.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I suspect that a lot of the stress we see around us arises from the cognitive dissonance set up by one side… — David Palmer Copy Share Image
“He had very few doubts, and when the facts contradicted his views on life, he shut his eyes in disapproval.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
You'll be pleased to hear, Christopher, that I am no longer a Muslim liberal but an atheist […] I find that it… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly… — Ellen Cushing Copy Share Image
“I continue to live inside a dichotomy: what was and what shall be. The pain in my skull is me trying to… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I believe that I have created a lot of cognitive dissonance in the minds of people who are comfortable with stereotypes. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
A good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, it never occurred to me that human beings wrote books. It was a kind of cognitive dissonance… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I tend to work on the principle that much humour relies on cognitive dissonance - on the foreground not matching the background,… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims… — Mira Sorvino Copy Share Image
The day after Donald Trump was elected, Chinese business leaders, including the heads of Baidu, stood up and gave a speech saying,… — Chris Sacca Copy Share Image
“I don’t trust the science behind the vegetarian movement because the believers have agendas beyond nutrition. Some vegetarians are in the lifestyle… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“The human need to be visible is countered by the need to be invisible to avoid further abuse, and the need for… — Christiane Sanderson Copy Share Image
What I do is create a lens through my work that corrects my readers' cognitive dissonance and says: you will see all… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
America has long raised political and cultural cognitive dissonance to an art form. We are capable of living with enormous inequality and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Every single day the world seems like it is on the brink of falling apart. But then I look outside my window,… — Moby Copy Share Image
“The atypically depressed are more likely to be the walking wounded, people like me who are quite functional, whose lives proceed almost… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“For too many women in America are becoming sick with exhaustion and stress as they try to do things that can't be… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
“Psychologists define cognitive dissonance as “The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs or attitudes; especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude… — Noah Lugeons Copy Share Image
“When there is inconsistency in belief and action (such as being violated by someone who is supposed to love you) our mind… — Rosenna Bakari Copy Share Image
“When a person believes one thing but chooses or is forced to advocate its opposite, the result is cognitive dissonance. Eventually, in… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
“No two generations in history have experienced such a highlighted cognitive dissonance, because never has change occurred at so rapid a pace.… — Michael Harris Copy Share Image
“We have a predator that came from the depths of the cosmos and took over the rule of our lives. Human beings… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
“Consider your reaction the first time you sipped a beer or tried spicy food. Was it tasty? Unlikely. Our bodies are designed… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
There's a momentum to being committed to a group that you think is good, and there's a certain amount of cognitive dissonance… — Sarah Edmondson Copy Share Image
Formal declarations of mistrust, pre-nups are emotionally unfortunate. They overtly plan for failure, and thus involve a jarring cognitive dissonance. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
When dissonance is present, in addition to trying to reduce it, the person will actively avoid situations and information which would likely… — Leon Festinger Copy Share Image
True believers are continually shown by reality that their god doesn't exist, but have developed extensive coping mechanisms to deal with this… — Mark Thomas Copy Share Image
A visit to Israel is always an experience in cognitive dissonance. The Israel you personally see and hear is so completely different… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“Women's ideas of themselves had changed, but the world's idea of women, somehow, had not. The cognitive dissonance was palpable at all… — Carina Chocano Copy Share Image
“Because of propaganda induced cognitive dissonance, most people hate themselves and don't even know it.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Am I the only one who can't seem to reconcile the grand canyon of cognitive dissonance I feel when people with much… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
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