"The mistakes we make when we try to imagine our personal futures are also lawful, regular, and systematic. They, too, have a pattern that tells us about the powers and limits of foresight in much the same way that optical illusions tell us about the powers and limits of eyesight."

-- Daniel Gilbert

#Mistake Quotes #Trying Quotes #Patterns Quotes

“Lying under this spell you cast on me Each moment The more I love you.”
“I do today what people won't, so I achieve tomorrow what other people can't.”
“She took kisses like so many coats of paint [â€¦] how long and how vainly I searched for excuses which might make her amorality if not palatable at lest understandable. I realize now the time I wasted in this way; instead of enjoying her and turning aside from these preoccupations with the thought, â€˜She is untrustworthy as she is beautiful. She takes love as plants do water, lightly, thoughtlessly.”
“People say both Obama and I have trouble laughing at ourselves. We can't laugh at ourselves. That would be racist!”
“Trust is kind of this economic lubricant. When trust is high, morale is high. ... Higher trust environments produce individuals who are happier.”
“You had only one chance for a signature in life, but most people left no impression.”

Source : Meg Wolitzer (2013). “The Interestings”, p.281, Random House
“I'm good at picking friends.”
“Jack the sound barrier. Bring the noise.”

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