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Rory Sutherland Quotes

5 quotes from Rory Sutherland — Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and author of Alchemy. One of the most original thinkers in behavioural economics and advertising — known for demonstrating that psychological value often exceeds logical value..

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“The human mind does not run on logic any more than a horse runs on petrol.”

— Rory Sutherland, Alchemy

“A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points.”

— Rory Sutherland

“A flower is simply a weed with an advertising budget.”

— Rory Sutherland, Alchemy

“Engineering can solve 90% of the problem for 10% of the cost. But the last 10% of the problem — the human problem — is where all the value is.”

— Rory Sutherland

“The problem with logic is that it kills off interesting possibilities before they even have a chance to be tested.”

— Rory Sutherland

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Rory Sutherland

Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and author of Alchemy. One of the most original thinkers in behavioural economics and advertising — known for demonstrating that psychological value often exceeds logical value.