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People Quotes by Daniel Kahneman
- However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than they reward truth…
- It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who love you.
- People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations.
- Many people will admit that they made a mistake [putting money in dot-coms or telecoms at their peak] But that doesn’t mean that they’ve changed…
- Below an income of ... $60,000 a year, people are unhappy, and they get progressively unhappier the poorer they get. Above that, we get an…
- Endlessly amused by people's minds.
- The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind…
- When people believe a conclusion is true, they are also very likely to believe arguments that appear to support it, even when these arguments are…
- 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…
- People exaggerate their confidence in their plans - something we call the planning fallacy... The existence of the plan tends to induce overconfidence.
- We associate leadership with decisiveness. That perception of leadership pushes people to make decisions fairly quickly, lest they be seen as dithering and indecisive.
- People assign much higher probability to the truth of their opinions than is warranted.
- 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…
- If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression…
- My interest in well-being evolved from my interest in decision making - from raising the question of whether people know what they will want in…
- Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.
- Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.
- People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.
- People talk of the new economy and of reinventing themselves in the workplace, and in that sense most of us are less secure.
- There is a huge wave of interest in happiness among researchers. There is a lot of happiness coaching. Everybody would like to make people happier.
- When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish.
- If owning stocks is a long-term project for you, following their changes constantly is a very, very bad idea. It's the worst possible thing you…
- Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they're…
- One emphasis of my research has been on the question of how people spend their time. Time is the ultimate finite resource, or course, so…
- People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.
More People 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
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle