450 Quotes by Daniel Kahneman

Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take.

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.

Researchers who studied a thousand Dutch vacationers concluded that by far the greatest amount of happiness extracted from the vacation is derived from the anticipation period...

I would not advise people to buy a car or house without making a list. You will probably improve your intuitions by making a list and then sleeping on it.

When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of gains and losses.

Doubting what you see is a very odd experience. And doubting what you remember is a little less odd than doubting what you see. But it's also a pretty odd experience, because some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them, and that happens to be the case even for memories that are not true.

Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others' trust in that individual's gut.

Endlessly amused by people's minds.