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Whereas maximizers might do better objectively than satisficers, they tend to do worse subjectively. — Barry Schwartz

The secret to happiness is low expectations. — Barry Schwartz

We get what we say we want, only to discover that what we want doesn't satisfy us to the degree that we expect. — Barry Schwartz

Bottom line - the options we consider usually suffer from comparison with other options. — Barry Schwartz

To these three comparisons I have added a fourth: the gap between what one has and what one expects. — Barry Schwartz

If you don't go and do something in life, nothing happens. — Suzy Amis

You can't keep your mind on fighting when you're thinking about a woman. You can't keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time. — Muhammad Ali

I am so weak that I can hardly write, I cannot read my Bible, I cannot even pray, I can only lie still in God's arms like a little child, and trust. — Hudson Taylor

Having the opportunity to choose is no blessing if we feel we do not have the wherewithal to choose wisely. — Barry Schwartz

We are free to be the authors of our own lives, but we don't know what kind of lives we want to 'write. — Barry Schwartz

Most novelists are narcissistic egomaniacs who would probably fit somewhere on the CEO spectrum. — Joshua Cohen

Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare. — Barry Schwartz

Im my profession you have to mystify the enemy. — Bernard Law Montgomery

it is not dancing toy animals that are an endless source of delight for infants, but rather having control. — Barry Schwartz

You want me to whatbook? And Tweet? Like a bird? Are you serious? — S.C. Stephens

The mistake is to assume that the way it feels at the moment is the way it will feel forever. — Barry Schwartz

Without wisdom, brilliance is not enough. — Barry Schwartz

Oh, her? She had raised a hand against us, and willingly entered our circle. We ate her. — Seanan McGuire

So the researchers concluded that being forced to confront trade-offs in making decisions makes people unhappy and indecisive. — Barry Schwartz

We're professionals. People make deals, they need to stick to them. That's the way it works, if it's going to work at all. — James Sallis

Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them. — Barry Schwartz

What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important. — Barry Schwartz

Freedom to choose has what might be called expressive value. Choice is what enables us to tell the world who we are and what we care about. — Barry Schwartz

I'm a normal human being. I don't have any desire to change my body as a result of having had two kids. That's a good thing, isn't it? — Kate Winslet

What we don't realize is that the very option of being allowed to change our minds seems to increase the chances that we will change our minds. — Barry Schwartz

May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

Focus on what makes you happy, and do what gives meaning to your life — Barry Schwartz

If you shatter the fish bowl so that everything is possible you don't have freedom you have paralysis. Everybody needs a fishbowl. — Barry Schwartz

Adding the second option creates a conflict, forcing a trade-off between price and quality. — Barry Schwartz

adding options can be detrimental to our well-being. Because we don't put rejected options out of our minds, — Barry Schwartz