Quote by Matthew Rave

We all want explanations for why we behave as we do and for the ways the world around us functions. Even when our feeble…

— Dan Ariely

We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't really have…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.”

— H.L. Mencken

“Humans are a story telling species. Throughout history we have told stories to each other and ourselves as one of the ways to understand…

— Nathan Myhrvold

Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories.

— Yuval Noah Harari

There's a difference between telling a story and not providing an explanation because you just don't do it well or pull it off.

— Brad Anderson

“Sometimes there's no real explanation, no justification for things that happen.”

— Deirdre Gould

“Every morning brings us news of the globe, and yet we are poor in noteworthy stories. This is because no event comes to us…

— Walter Benjamin

“So perhaps the very idea of explanation is an error of anthropomorphism when it is applied to things that do not involve human intention.”

— Marilynne Robinson

Sometimes you don't find out why you needed to tell a story until you're telling it.

— Misha Green

“For all species other than us humans, things just are what they are. Our problem is that we’re always trying to figure out what…

— Ryan Holiday

“We know how it ends practically before it starts. That´s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real…

— Anne Bishop