We're worse off than Freud thought, because many actions proceed without our knowing anything about them.

Society would not tolerate legislation declaring that the theory that the sun circles the earth be given equal time with the theory of a heliocentric solar system; it should not pay attention to the equally preposterous notions of scientific creationism

Unconscious decisions for action go on constantly inside the head.

If you spend too much time being like everybody else, you decrease your chances of coming up with something different.

The greatest surprise of human evolution may be that the highest form of selfishness is selflessness.

We're worse off than Freud thought, because many actions proceed without our knowing anything about them.

Human inventiveness is overwhelming human adaptiveness. Our ability to judge lags behind our ability to create.