The Eye And Brain Are Conspirators, And,

People Are Drastically Overconfident About Their Judgments Of Others.

My Friends Tell Me That I Have A Tendency To Point Out Problems Without Offering Solutions, But They Never Tell Me What I Should Do About It.

When We Have An Experience -- Hearing A Particular Sonata, Making Love With A Particular Person, Watching The Sun Set From A Particular Window Of A Particular Room -- On Successive Occasions, We Quickly Begin To Adapt To It, And The Experience Yields Less Pleasure Each Time. Psychologists Call This Habituation, Economists Call It Declining Marginal Utility, And The Rest Of Us Call It Marriage

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.

Few Of Us Can Accurately Gauge How We Will Feel Tomorrow Or Next Week. That's Why When You Go To The Supermarket On An Empty Stomach, You'll Buy Too Much, And If You Shop After A Big Meal, You'll Buy Too Little.