Wenn Sie jemanden überzeugen wollen, argumentieren Sie nicht mit einem möglichen Gewinn, sondern mit dem Vermeiden eines möglichen Verlustes.

Viele höchst erfolgreiche Menschen haben an der Harvard Universität studiert. Heißt das, dass Harvard eine gute Schule ist? Das wissen wir nicht. Vielleicht ist die Schule miserabel, aber sie rekrutiert die gescheitesten Menschen der ganzen Welt.

Menschen, die keinen MBA anstreben, sind ganz anders gestrickt als Menschen, die einen MBA anstreben. Der spätere Einkommensunterschied hat tausend andere Gründe als das MBA-Diplom.

Wenn Millionen Menschen eine Dummheit behaupten, wird sie deswegen nicht zur Wahrheit.

Die Sunk Cost Fallacy schnappt dann zu, wenn wir schon besonders viel Zeit, Geld, Energie, Liebe etc. investiert haben. Das investierte Geld wird dann zur Begründung weiterzumachen, selbst wenn es objektiv betrachtet keinen Sinn macht.

Rational entscheiden bedeutet, dass Sie die aufgelaufenen Kosten ignorieren. Egal, was sie bereits investiert haben, es zählt einzig das Jetzt und Ihre Entscheidung der Zukunft.

Tatsachen hören nicht auf zu existieren, nur weil sie ignoriert werden.

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.

The sailor does not control the sea nor does the lucid dreamer control the dream. Like a sailor lucid dreamers manipulate or direct themselves in the larger expanse of dreaming however they do not control it. Lucid dreaming appears to be a co created experience.

I always dream about other musicians. And they're never interested in hanging out with us. It's like being at school and the bigger boys don't want to play with you!

We met, 'twas in a crowd, and I thought he would shun me.

The whites are the same everywhere. I see them every day.

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.

Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.

When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

To all my critics, you get paid to be negative.

I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track.

To live a life fulfilled reflect on the things you have with gratitude.

For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement.

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?

I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one.

Ridding the world of poverty is, of course, a fantasy.

Do you want to know what scares the Washington cartel? Actually, not remotely. I don't scare them in the tiniest bit. What scares them is you. What scares them is that old Reagan coalition is coming back together, of conservatives.

When you are inspired in your work, everything seems to fall into place.

In my personal life, I really like the look of vests. I wear fitted, business ones, and perfectly preppy sweater vests that I can knit myself.

Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet.

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is, by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he was poor.

I wash my face day and night. I actually really love Dr. Lancer face wash, and I also love Neutrogena.

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.