"Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" Quotes

Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

We need to respect the fact that it is possible to know without knowing why we know and accept that—sometimes—we're better off that way.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding.

The first task of Blink is to convince you of a simple fact: decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately.

There are moments, particularly in times of stress, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world.

Thin-slicing refers to the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience.

In the act of tearing something apart, you lose its meaning.

Our unconscious is a powerful force. But it’s fallible. It can be thrown off, distracted, and disabled.

The power of knowing, in that blink of an eye, is not a gift given magically to a fortunate few. It is an ability that we can all cultivate for ourselves.

The great struggle of the twenty-first century will be to find a way to put our snap judgments to good use.