The psychologist, Paul Rozin, an expert on disgust, observed that a single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches.

We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely to involve powerful emotions and strong impulses to action.

To better avoid errors, you should talk to people who disagree with you and you should talk to people who are not in the same emotional situation you are.

If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

In a rising market, enough of your bad ideas will pay off so that you'll never learn that you should have fewer ideas.

The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved.

You're surprised by something, but you don't really know what surprised you; you recognize someone, but you don't really know what cues cause you to recognize that person.