I would be wary of experts' intuition, except when they deal with something that they have dealt with a lot in the past.

Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are.

One of the problems with expertise is that people have it in some domains and not in others.

I enjoy being active, but I look forward to the day when I can retire to the Internet.

We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes.

There are some conditions where you have to trust your intuition.

You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased.