Quotes by Hoffer, Eric

Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not >>

What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like any >>

How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appe >>

Quotations about Generalizations

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property o >>

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that >>

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depen >>

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.

Hoffer, Eric