Psychology

We always have this mix in each area, but people tend to categorise creativity by discipline rather than by the individuals within those disciplines.

Co-Founder of Pixar & Pioneer in Computer Graphics

Changing the mood has an economic impact superior to many measures because companies and families, when they have more confidence, they act differently.

Former Prime Minister of Portugal (2015-2024)

Uncertainty and fear are enemies of economic growth. To change motivation, it is important to give hope and make people believe. But also to give concrete results. It is important to value the positive instead of only highlighting the worst.

Former Prime Minister of Portugal (2015-2024)

There are cultures in which a young man, to signal his interest in a woman, would camp outside her house for any number of days. The ones who aren't really interested say, '...to hell with it, it's not worth it!' – In this sense, signalling screens people out.

Nobel Prize-winning economist; Stanford provost and NYU president

I looked at her and said, 'that's impossible! If I had stolen these pears from you… you would never have seen me!'

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

A child doesn't even question their situation- I was thrown into a situation and had to respond to it; if I needed food, I had to get food… If I needed shelter, I had to find shelter.

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

I never had an ethical dilemma with what was going on as a child, it was about pure survival. The kids that survived were the ones who were clever enough to continually get a meal.

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

I didn't have a childhood- I didn't play- every day was about survival. I was always moving to a different-place on a weekly/monthly basis.

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

They received this 'animal' with no social upbringing and turned me into a human being.

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

There is then a second order overconfidence where someone recognises a bubble but feels they will escape it when other people don't.

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for Behavioral Economics Research

If you want to understand the mainsprings of human-action, then understanding the remembering self is more important than the experiencing self.

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for Behavioral Economics Research

I have argued, along with Nassim Taleb, that one of the sources of overconfidence in our ability to forecast the future is the great ease with which we find explanations for the past. That's a very significant mechanism that produces overconfidence.

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for Behavioral Economics Research

You cannot understand entrepreneurial activity without understanding optimism. Research has shown that optimism and overconfidence in individuals is directly linked to their engagement in entrepreneurial activity.

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for Behavioral Economics Research

We have to interact with everyone so no one feels left out or ashamed; these negative emotions can kill curiosity and creativity.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

Bias means your mind, your experiences, and your knowledge is too narrow to take in and truly appreciate the person standing in front of you.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

If you always make one thing your excuse or let other people drag you down because of something like your gender, it will become your prophecy. You just have to keep fighting.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells