Daniel Kahneman Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their decisions. I don't think they are right, but that's the way it is.”

“Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time.”

“Yes, there is a burden of financial insecurity. I don't think you find it in mood. Income is correlated with life satisfaction, so maybe you do find it in life satisfaction. You don't find it in mood, and I think it is very important.”

“Political columnists and sports pundits are rewarded for being overconfident.”

“Clearly, the decision-making that we rely on in society is fallible. It's highly fallible, and we should know that.”

“Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering.”

“Through some combination of culture and biology, our minds are intuitively receptive to religion.”

“Slow thinking has the feeling of something you do. It's deliberate.”

“The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.”

“My interest in well-being evolved from my interest in decision making - from raising the question of whether people know what they will want in the future and whether the things that people want for themselves will make them happy.”