Characteristic Quote by Robert J. Shiller

The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.

— Robert J. Shiller

The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have.

— Eleanor Catton

“To my mind the defining characteristic of our era is spin, everything tailored to vanishing point by market research, brands and bands manufactured to…

— Tana French

“The defining characteristic of the organism is striving.”

— Paul Kalanithi

“Irrational exuberance is the psychological basis of a speculative bubble. I define a speculative bubble as a situation in which news of price increases…

— Robert J. Shiller

A very faithful drawing may actually tell us more about the model but despite the promptings of our critical intelligence it will never have…

— Andre Bazin

How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?

— Alan Greenspan

In the '90s it was irrational exuberance. Now it may be irrational doom and gloom.

— Robert Reich

But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they…

— Alan Greenspan

Futility is the defining characteristic of life.

— Stephen R. Donaldson

For a bird, especially for the more musically inventive, song is the defining characteristic, the primary way by which it knows itself and is…

— John Burnside

When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.

— Marcus Aurelius