Daniel Kahneman Quotes
Many unfortunate human situations unfold ... where people who face very bad options take desperate gambles, accepting a high probability of making things worse in exchange for a small hope of avoiding a large loss. Risk taking of this king often turns manageable failures into disasters.Daniel Kahneman
Quotes to Explore
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I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty.
Ian McShane -
I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
Karen Elson -
At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.
Nancy Gibbs -
Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
Imre Lakatos -
Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
Rand Paul -
I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
Hampton Sides
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I've always loved performing and, especially, love for the people. That's what keeps me going.
Maceo Parker -
The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.
Patricia Briggs -
Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
Felix Adler -
In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
Gail Sheehy -
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
Saint Augustine -
I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.
Patrick Stewart
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Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
Omari Hardwick -
Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
Zig Ziglar -
In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
Kangana Ranaut -
To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
Victoria Woodhull -
I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
Barbara Kingsolver
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When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run,
Ralph Chaplin -
Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without being able to write well enough to satisfy their employers... reason clearly or perform competently in analyzing complex, non-technical problems.
Derek Bok -
There is some big thing about the world that produced all these people willing to kill themselves just to hurt us. On 9/11 we learned we're part of that world, in the same completely crazy, drastic and arbitrary ways it hits other countries.
Ian Lustick -
My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.
Kristy Swanson -
I'm really into the human interest thing. I really like regular people.
Chelsea Handler -
Many unfortunate human situations unfold ... where people who face very bad options take desperate gambles, accepting a high probability of making things worse in exchange for a small hope of avoiding a large loss. Risk taking of this king often turns manageable failures into disasters.
Daniel Kahneman