Daniel Gilbert Quotes

• The reality of the moment is so palpable and powerful that it holds imagination in a tight orbit from which it never fully escapes.

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• Comparison changes the value of things.

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• Impact is rewarding. Mattering makes us happy.

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• Arthritic toothless people who love orgasms are more likely to reproduce than are limber, toothy people who do not.

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• Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches.

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• Research suggests that people are typically unaware of the reasons why they are doing what they are doing, but when asked for a reason, they readily supply one.

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• If you are like most people, then like most people, you don’t know you’re like most people.

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• Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage.

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• Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.

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• The fact that we often judge the pleasure of an experience by its ending can cause us to make some curious choices.

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• People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.

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Daniel Gilbert (11)

Birth:	5th November, 1957
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Professor, Psychologist, Writer

About

Daniel Todd Gilbert is Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He is a social psychologist known for his research on affective forecasting, with a special emphasis on cognitive biases such as the impact bias. He is the author of the international bestseller Stumbling on Happiness, which has been translated into more than 25 languages.

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