Most things that couples disagree upon aren't worth more than a day's combat.

It is the consistency of the information that matters for a good story, not its completeness. Indeed, you will often find that knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.

Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.

Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what we do is right.

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.

The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than your own.

The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast.