#psycho

People will always prefer black-and-white over shades of grey, and so there will always be the temptation to hold overly-simplified beliefs and to hold them with excessive confidence ↗

— Thomas Gilovich

#logic #mind #psychology #life

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#compared #done #horror #horror movie #i

Couples tended to be of roughly equivalent personal attractiveness, though of course factors such as money often seemed to secure a partner of significantly better looks than oneself. ↗

— Robert Galbraith

#human-behaviour #money #partners #psychology #relationship

I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience; what things are funny and not. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#audience #comedy #comes #doing #experience

Interestingly, human irrationality is a hot topic in economics at the moment. Behavioural economics it's called, on the cusp of economics and psychology. ↗

— Evan Davis

#called #cusp #economics #hot #human

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#fancy #i #i think #just #pattern

I loved psychology and I loved history. ↗

— Joely Fisher

#i #loved #psychology

I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits associated with it. ↗

— Fred Frith

#associations #because #habits #i #i write

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists. ↗