The Quotation Index — Social influence

Subcategory Psychology Social influence

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Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.

Ernest Hemingway · The Old Man and the Sea, 1952 · Primary source

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

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On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B

An examination of how reward systems encourage unintended behaviour when organisations reward measurable actions rather than the outcomes they seek.

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Marie Curie

Physicist and chemist · 1867-1934

Pioneering researcher on radioactivity who discovered polonium and radium and won two Nobel Prizes.