Cialdini Social Proof Quotes & Sayings

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be. — Kate Smith

To be enlightened means that you really don't change, and yet you're nothing but change. — Frederick Lenz

Sometimes I get mad when I think that I only have maybe 40 or 50 more springs in New York. When I miss one, 'cause I'm on location for a film, I wanna go, 'That's it, that just cost me one of my 50!' — Topher Grace

The principle of social proof says so: The greater the number of people who find any idea correct, the more the idea will be correct. — Robert B. Cialdini

I believe," he said gently, "we all have a perfect right to make ourselves unhappy if that is what we freely choose. But I am not sure we have the right to allow our own unhappiness to cause someone else's. The trouble with life sometimes is that we are all in it together. — Mary Balogh

If you can't take the time for a vacation right now, or even a night out with friends, put something on the calendar - even if it's a month or a year down the road. Then whenever you need a boost of happiness, remind yourself about it. — Daniel Kahneman

What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights. — Hillary Clinton

Once again we can see that social proof is most powerful for those who feel unfamiliar or unsure in a specific situation and who, consequently, must look outside of themselves for evidence of how best to behave there. — Robert B. Cialdini

Beauty is a God-given talent that we should all conserve. — Moffat Machingura

Genius only comes to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence. — Auguste Rodin

Mums ask me how to get their husbands off the couch as well as asking me to marry them. But kids ask me to get their mums and dads to play with them more as well. — Magnus Scheving

You're my one and only. Just you. You have all of me. Every last inch of my body and every last drop of my soul. — Jessica Ingro

The patrolman's account provides certain insights into the way we respond to social proof. First, we seem to assume that if a lot of people are doing the same thing, they must know something we don't. Especially when we are uncertain, we are willing to place an enormous amount of trust in the collective knowledge of the crowd. Second, quite frequently the crowd is mistaken because they are not acting on the basis of any superior information but are reacting, themselves, to the principle of social proof. — Robert B. Cialdini

When you direct a film, everything should be about the story and nothing else. — Esra Saydam

Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics. — Michelle Obama

She closed her eyes and prayed to whichever small ineffectual god protects the hearts of women. — Kim Wright