Leonard Mlodinow Quotes & Sayings

“Our subliminal mental processes operate outside awareness because they arise in these portions of our mind that are inaccessible to our conscious self; their inaccessibility is due to the architecture of the brain rather than because they have been subject to Freudian motivational forces like repression.”

“The attacks on global warming are no different than the attacks the cigarettes companies used to use to say that cigarettes don't cause cancer.”

“A failure doesn't mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try.”

“'Subliminal' is about how we misinterpret our behavior because we're unaware of what our unconscious minds are doing.”

“When judging a product, we rarely have exhaustive scientific data to go by. As a result, if we are to form a complete picture, we must fill in the blanks, just as we must in our visual perception.”

“The pitch, timbre, volume, speed, and cadence of your voice, the speed with which you speak, and even the way you modulate pitch and loudness, are all hugely influential factors in how convincing you are and how people judge your state of mind and character.”

“By subliminal, I mean things that occur in our world that are below the threshold of consciousness but do have a psychological effect on us.”

“Listeners instinctively detect that when we lower the usual pitch of our voice, we are sad, and when we raise it, we are angry or fearful.”

“Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.”

“One thing that feeds into the way you experience the social world is your mood - and one thing that affects your mood is the weather.”