Prashanth Pereira

“Dear Dan,
Do you have general advice for how to approach diffıcult decisions?
D.A.: Luckily the technology you need to solve this problem is already at your disposal. All you need is a coin. Assign each car to a side of the coin, flip it high in the air. At this point, you can wait until the coin lands, and use this random device to make your choice - but my guess is that when the coin is in the air, you will realize which car is the one you really want.”
― Dan Ariely, Irrationally yours : On Missing Socks, Pick-up Lines and Other Existential Puzzles

“Nature is the length of the rectangle, nurture the width. There can be no rectangle without both.”
― Matt Ridley, The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

“people seem to be more motivated by the thought of losing something than by the thought of gaining something of equal value.”
― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

“vacations are not just about the two weeks you are away from work; they’re also about the time you spend anticipating and imagining your trip, as well as the time after the trip when you get to replay special moments from your vacation in your mind.”
― Dan Ariely, Irrationally yours : on missing socks, pick-up lines and other existential puzzles