Daniel Kahneman Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“It was always assumed I would be a professor. I grew up thinking it.”

“People talk of the new economy and of reinventing themselves in the workplace, and in that sense most of us are less secure.”

“We think of our future as anticipated memories.”

“Alternative descriptions of the same reality evoke different emotions and different associations.”

“I'm not a great believer in self-help.”

“It doesn't take many observations to think you've spotted a trend, and it's probably not a trend at all.”

“It's very difficult to distinguish between what a person believes and what they say they believe.”

“Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are.”

“People who know math understand what other mortals understand, but other mortals do not understand them. This asymmetry gives them a presumption of superior ability.”

“The planning fallacy is that you make a plan, which is usually a best-case scenario. Then you assume that the outcome will follow your plan, even when you should know better.”