44 Quotes by Rolf Dobelli

Suppose you are a president of a country and have no idea how to run it. What do you do? You predict "difficult years" ahead, ask your citizens to "tighten their belts," and then promise to improve the situation only after this "delicate stage" of "cleansing,' "purification," and "restructuring." Naturally you leave the duration and severity of the period open.

Because problems aren't like great Bordeaux wines—they don’t improve with age.

As long as I keep the downside at bay, the upside will take care of itself.

your brain is already full. the more you cram it with junk, the less room there is for the information you genuinely need to know.

News is aimed straight at our mental health. We need to get out of the way.

We overestimate the impact of purchases on our wellbeing and underestimate the impact of experiences

News is to the mind what sugar is to the body.

If you spend fifteen minutes in a shopping mall, you will pass more people than our ancestors saw during their entire lifetimes.

Dwight Eisenhower said, “Plans are nothing. Planning is everything.