Dan Ariely Quotes

As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected.

Every time I make a mistake with a company, I write it out and try to figure out why it happened.

We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.

Americans do not have a good track record when it comes to preparing for disasters, unless they see a clear possibility of personally being in harms way.

The value of catastrophic events is that they can help people face up to problems that are otherwise impossible to address.

I've always said we need to build resilience locally.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

A major part of being prepared is having a plan. Local calls don't always work in the immediate vicinity of a disaster, so it's important to have an out-of-town contact with whom the entire family can check in.

When the purse strings tighten up at museums, the institutions usually cut back and cancel shows. That's exactly the wrong reaction. In fact, now is a good time for them to loosen up - a chance to breathe and experiment a little - and go for the juicy solution lurking in their own basements.

Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

It is vital that the entire international system is ready to meet the challenges of future disasters.

Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes.

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong.

There isn't a fight that I'm in that I'm not asking the question, 'What could we have done to avoid this?' Or, 'What can we do to avoid this in the future in terms of the kinds of things that we see?'

There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.

I'm becoming more and more apolitical - I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life and have a good time. Before they scoop you up on the street or you die.

It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

Anything you say before a pandemic occurs sounds alarmist; anything you say after it occurs is inadequate.

To prepare for a disaster, practice the worst case scenario. We don’t usually do that.

In a disaster you have to have speed. In order to have speed, you have to have trust. And in order to have trust, you have to have people organized and planning before the disaster.

Unfortunates learn from their own mistakes, and the lucky ones learn from other's mistakes.

Assure personal survival in any kind of disaster.

You can’t prepare for the best case; you have to prepare for the worst case.

The nation’s disaster mechanisms do not seem to be in the hands of those who know how to use them.