People Quotes by Daniel Kahneman

Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.

— Daniel Kahneman

There's a lot of randomness in the decisions that people make.

— Daniel Kahneman

Endlessly amused by people's minds.

— Daniel Kahneman

You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in…

— Daniel Kahneman

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who…

— Daniel Kahneman

When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish.

— Daniel Kahneman

The evidence is unequivocal, there's a great deal more luck than skill in people getting very rich.

— Daniel Kahneman

People assign much higher probability to the truth of their opinions than is warranted.

— Daniel Kahneman

The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than your own.

— Daniel Kahneman

If people can construct a simple and coherent story, they will feel confident regardless of how well grounded it is in reality.

— Daniel Kahneman

One study found that people who just thought about watching their favorite movie actually raised their endorphin levels by 27 percent.

— Daniel Kahneman

Negotiations over a shrinking pie are especially difficult because they require an allocation of losses. People tend to be much more easygoing…

— Daniel Kahneman

The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the…

— Daniel Kahneman

Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses…

— Daniel Kahneman

If owning stocks is a long-term project for you, following their changes constantly is a very, very bad idea. It's the worst…

— Daniel Kahneman

If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you…

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People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social…

— Daniel Kahneman

People are very complex. And for a psychologist, you get fascinated by the complexity of human beings, and that is what I…

— Daniel Kahneman

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions…

— Daniel Kahneman

However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than…

— Daniel Kahneman

You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But…

— Daniel Kahneman

People are very good [at] thinking about agents. The mind is set really beautifully to think about agents. Agents have traits. Agents…

— Daniel Kahneman

When people evaluate their life, they compare themselves to a standard of what a successful life is, and it turns out that…

— Daniel Kahneman

“Finally, the illusions of validity and skill are supported by a powerful professional culture. We know that people can maintain an unshakable…

— Daniel Kahneman

A general “law of least effort” applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion. The law asserts that if there are several…

— Daniel Kahneman

If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.'…

— Daniel Kahneman

People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely…

— Daniel Kahneman

Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings…

— Daniel Kahneman

One of the problems with expertise is that people have it in some domains and not in others.

— Daniel Kahneman

It's nonsense to say money doesn't buy happiness, but people exaggerate the extent to which more money can buy more happiness.

— Daniel Kahneman

People talk of the new economy and of reinventing themselves in the workplace, and in that sense most of us are less…

— Daniel Kahneman

When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of…

— Daniel Kahneman

People who face a difficult question often answer an easier one instead, without realizing it.

— Daniel Kahneman

When people talk of the economy being strong, they don't seem to feel that they, too, are better off.

— Daniel Kahneman

Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take.

— Daniel Kahneman

People have little idea, by and large, of the investment world. They are convinced they have an advantage.

— Daniel Kahneman

Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.

— Daniel Kahneman

We deeply want to be led by people who know what they're doing and who don't have to think about it too…

— Daniel Kahneman

People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.

— Daniel Kahneman

People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes…

— Daniel Kahneman