Psychologists Call This Habituation, Economists Call It

I Have Everything That I Could Possibly Want In Life, From A Gorgeous Granddaughter And A Wonderful Wife, Brilliant Students, The Best Job Anyone Could Hope For, And About Half Of My Hair. Not The Half I Would Have Kept, But No One Consulted Me.

The Data Says That With The Poor, A Little Money Can Buy A Lot Of Happiness. If You're Rich, A Lot Of Money Can Buy You A Little More Happiness. But In Both Cases, Money Does It.

Few Of Us Can Accurately Gauge How We Will Feel Tomorrow Or Next Week. That's Why When You Go To The Supermarket On An Empty Stomach, You'll Buy Too Much, And If You Shop After A Big Meal, You'll Buy Too Little.

To Ensure That Our Views Are Credible, Our Brain Accepts What Our Eye Sees. To Ensure That Our Views Are Positive, Our Eye Looks For What Our Brain Wants. The Conspiracy Between These Two Servants Allows Us To Live At The Fulcrum Of Stark Reality And Comforting Illusion.

To Learn From Experience, We Must Remember It, And, For A Variety Of Reasons, Memory Is A Faithless Friend.