"We are prone to overestimate how much we……" — Daniel Kahneman
"We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events."
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158 Quotes by Daniel Kahneman
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Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like…
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The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.
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The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast.
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However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information…
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If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.
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We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors…
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When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing.
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The concept of loss aversion is certainly the most significant contribution of psychology to behavioral economics.
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A general limitation of the human mind is its imperfect ability to reconstruct past states of knowledge, or beliefs that…
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It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love…
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People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments…
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Individual investors predictably flock to stocks in companies that are in the news.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those…
— Adam Arkin
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I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new…
— Darren Aronofsky
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If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster…
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
— Jane Austen
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Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality…
— Paul Auster
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance…
— Oksana Baiul
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
— Abigail Adams
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In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites…
— Ansel Adams
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
— Honore de Balzac
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You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be…
— Ernie Banks
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