Daniel Gilbert Quotes

No doubt about it: error is the rule, truth is the accident of error.

An error becomes an error when born as truth.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Belief and seeing: They are both often wrong.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

One of the things that I see on Twitter is that people think they know what you think about things you haven't discussed.

Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Ignorance cannot always be inferred from inaccuracy; knowledge is not always present.

You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know.

They who, without any previous knowledge of us, think amiss of us, do us no harm; they attack not us, but the phantom of their own imagination.

You cannot condemn a man for what may only be a figment of your own imagination.

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you have it, you don't have it. If you don't have it but you think you have it, then you have it.

I secretly think reality exists so we can speculate about it.

Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.

Every day I make predictions that don't come anywhere close to the mark.

A concept is stronger than a fact.

I think people will believe anything about someone they haven't seen for a while.

People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.

I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions?

People started saying, 'Oh you know, he's quicker than he looks', and I'm like, 'What does that mean? Do I look slow, or I'm not really sure what that means.

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

I'm not Irish. Just because I have red hair doesn't mean I'm a lucky charm, you know?