Quote by Dan Ariely Download Open image ““we are pawns in a game whose forces we largely fail to comprehend.”” — Dan Ariely ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Because you are just a pawn. And a pawn can’t help but get played.” — Laura Thalassa Copy Share Image
“Pawns are such fascinating pieces, too...So small, almost insignificant, and yet--they can depose kings. Don't you find that interesting?” — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
“They sometimes forgot what happened if you let a pawn get all the way up the board.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we do not know what role we play until it is thrust upon us and we can only then do our best to… — Shannon Delany Copy Share Image
“Pawns were always underestimated - until they marched across the board and changed into queens.” — Natalie Herzer Copy Share Image
“Never despise a pawn. If it succeeds in crossing the board safely, it becomes a queen - the most powerful piece in the game.” — Ellen Renner Copy Share Image
“We are just one of many pieces that are being played out in a strategic and elaborate game. The moves that are made may… — Steven F. Deslippe Copy Share Image
“They were pawns, pitifully despicable and disposable, and yet they were strong and fearsome.” — Mikhail Iossel Copy Share Image
“The closer we get—the more I let you in…the more dangerous this gets. We’re just pawns in this game, and I wasn’t playing before.… — Cassandra Giovanni Copy Share Image
“How often do pawns win? They lose because they only move two ways. You’re marching to your death on a stubborn ideal.” — Eva Natsumi Copy Share Image
“Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind.” — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
If you think of people as making decisions actively, every time we think about the cup of coffee, we say, "How much will I… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“[..] we human beings are ready and willing to steal something that does not explicitly reference monetary value - that is, something that lacks… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“Contrafreeloading,” a term coined by the animal psychologist Glen Jensen, refers to the finding that many animals prefer to earn food rather than simply… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
One of the big lessons from behavioral economics is that we make decisions as a function of the environment that we're in. — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Not all debt is bad. From time to time we should get into debt when there's a good reason for that. — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“This result suggests that cheating is not driven by concerns about standing out. Rather, it shows that our sense of our own morality is… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“ONE OF THE main differences between standard and behavioral economics involves this concept of “free lunches.” According to the assumptions of standard economics, all… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Money is all about opportunity cost. Every time you spend on something, that's something you can't spend on something else. — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
The people that lend you money basically give you an answer based on the risk that they are willing to take. But just because… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“Upton Sinclair once noted, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”)” — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
If you get people to feel that they are putting something, that they are creating it and so on, their love for the project… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
