Barry Schwartz Quotes

Yom Kippur is about personal and community transgressions. The fasting remains a compelling element. The purpose of the ritual observance is to change our ethical observance. - Barry Schwartz

This is just not a world for amateurs. The stakes are higher for things like health care and retirement plans than jeans or cereal. - Barry Schwartz

There's an ice cream place in Vancouver that has 200 flavors, if you can believe that. But the people who go there end up less satisfied with their purchase than the people who buy their ice cream at a place with only 20 flavors. Yet people are lined up out the door at the place with 200 flavors because it seems like you're more likely to get exactly what you want. - Barry Schwartz

The sky is the limit on what the complications can cost. - Barry Schwartz

The most important thing is to learn that good enough is almost always good enough; you don't need to find the best. You'll be happier if, once you find something that meets your standards, you stop looking and don't worry about it. - Barry Schwartz

People are really attracted to bountiful variety, but then when they're in that store that has a lot they suffer as they try to make decisions and they don't buy more. - Barry Schwartz

On Yom Kippur, we gather as individuals, as part of a community and as part of a country... For most of us, today is the only day during the year that we go without food. - Barry Schwartz

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