“Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.”
― Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology
― Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology
“I have always believed that scientific research is another domain where a form of optimism is essential to success: I have yet to meet a successful scientist who lacks the ability to exaggerate the importance of what he or she is doing, and I believe that someone who lacks a delusional sense of significance will wilt in the face of repeated experiences of multiple small failures and rare successes, the fate of most researchers.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Protect me from knowing what I don't need to know. Protect me from even knowing that there are things to know that I don't know. Protect me from knowing that I decided not to know about the things that I decided not to know about. Amen.
Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer.”
― Mostly Harmless
Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer.”
― Mostly Harmless
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