Cognitive Quote by Chris Abani

When dissonance is present, in addition to trying to reduce it, the person will actively avoid situations and information which would likely increase the…

— Leon Festinger

“cognitive dissonance is”

— Rupert Sheldrake

“Did you ever hear of cognitive dissonance?” she asked. “No.” “Basically, it’s a theory that people subconsciously reinterpret their motives and actions in a…

— Barbara A. Shapiro

“every time you find yourself making a judgment immediately upon observing—in fact, even if you don’t think you are, and even if everything seems…

— Maria Konnikova

I always look at myself knowing that I will have a certain degree of cognitive distortion.

— Sarah Silverman

That's the downside of total creative control: You're isolated and after a while you can lose a little perspective. But I've taught myself not…

— Randy Rainbow

Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.

— Eden Robinson

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one…

— Christopher Morley

What you resist persists. And only what you look at, and own, can disappear. You make it disappear by simply changing your mind about…

— Neale Donald Walsch

Dissonance is as fatal in ailments of the mind as it is in those of the body.

— Georges Rodenbach

I can't change the preconceived notions a reader brings to a work, but I can do my best to be aware of, address, and…

— Kameron Hurley

I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all of this I try to form an idea into which…

— Marquis de Lafayette