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- The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast.
- The concept of loss aversion is certainly the most significant contribution of psychology to behavioral economics.
- The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved.
- We're not aware of changing our minds even when we do change our minds. And most people, after they change their minds, reconstruct their past…
- You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly…
- Mental effort, I would argue, is relatively rare. Most of the time we coast.
- Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what…
- Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.
- People talk of the new economy and of reinventing themselves in the workplace, and in that sense most of us are less secure.
- Most of the moments of our life - and I calculated, you know, the psychological present is said to be about three seconds long; that…
- Most successful pundits are selected for being opinionated, because it's interesting, and the penalties for incorrect predictions are negligible. You can make predictions, and a…
- Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their…
- People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the…
- I have always believed that scientific research is another domain where a form of optimism is essential to success: I have yet to meet a…
- Suppose you like someone very much. Then, by a familiar halo effect, you will also be prone to believe many good things about that person…
More Most Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle