450 Quotes by Daniel Kahneman

Suppose you like someone very much. Then, by a familiar halo effect, you will also be prone to believe many good things about that person - you will be biased in their favor. Most of us like ourselves very much, and that suffices to explain self-assessments that are biased in a particular direction.

The concept of loss aversion is certainly the most significant contribution of psychology to behavioral economics.

We are very influenced by completely automatic things that we have no control over, and we don't know we're doing it.

When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing.

So your emotional state really has a lot to do with what you're thinking about and what you're paying attention to.

We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are.

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.

If individuals are rational, there is no need to protect them against their own choices.