“People pushed by force of habit, pushed for the pure pleasure of pushing, and they would go on pushing until you showed… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I had a horrible life habit that I had to change. And I think it's very true, the later we make decisions… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I think the key difference between the web and print medium is, on the web or any digital medium, you're dealing with… — Khoi Vinh Copy Share Image
Toni Morrison has a habit, perhaps traceable to the pernicious influence of William Faulkner, of plunging into the narrative before the reader… — John Updike Copy Share Image
... freshness trembles beneath the surface of Everyday, a joy perpetual to all who catch its opal lights beneath the dust of habit. — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
I don't feel any pressure to joke about #MeToo - in fact, I'd say you shouldn't, because it's a great movement that… — Joel McHale Copy Share Image
“Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in… — William James Copy Share Image
Relationships have a nasty habit of reversing themselves; whatever has been done to you in a previous involvement you'll do to the… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
Every action is self-perpetuating, every thought is self-perpetuating. Once you cooperate with it, you are giving energy to it. Sooner or later… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I like making series, for a couple reasons. One, the repetition of routine is very healthy because I can get a little… — Paul Madonna Copy Share Image
Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of invention. ... [Do… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
If we are to achieve long-range goals, we must learn to set up and accomplish short-range goals that will move us along… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“How to pry the tourists out of their automobiles, out of their back-breaking upholstered mechanized wheelchairs and onto their feet, onto the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“The Russian-born novelist's writing habits were famously peculiar. Beginning in 1950, he composed first drafts in pencil on ruled index cards, which… — Mason Currey Copy Share Image
Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you're not working, over time you're much more likely to develop attitudes and orientations and behavior patterns that are associated with… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
“Security was now a thing of the past though it took a conscious effort to remember it; with no enemy in all… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
If you want better behavior from bankers, then make their financial incentives more like those in the hedge-fund world - where managers… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are graced with a greater capacity for direct contact with our own higher power than most of us are in the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Some people just need a routine, and refuse to accept the consequences of predictability. In my experience, these people tend to get… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
No, the only way to know what people think is to watch what they do, not what they say. Do they come… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How many of us have these demons or habits or things we don't like about ourselves and understand the loops that we're… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
“No one in this world can change your habits, but only you can… so, MOst powerfull person of this world is you..!…..keep… — M Fazan Hafeez Copy Share Image
“I suppose you know what you're about." "Oh no, I don't," she answered. "I never know what I'm about. If you always… — Ernest Poole Copy Share Image
“Hahaha!!..I wish this veil of pretense could hide my habit of dodging quotes but dissapoingtly it doesn't which is why i know… — Ayesha Copy Share Image
Anything that can create balance in dogs is great. If veterinarians can give you the solution and give you why this is… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
Decision-making when things show up instead of when they blow up is actually a habit that can be developed and enhanced. The… — David Allen Copy Share Image
The deceitful misquoting of scientists to suit an anti-scientific agenda ranks among the many unchristian habits of fundamentalist authors. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Try to develop actual work habits, and even though you have a busy life, try to reserve an hour, say - or… — John Updike Copy Share Image
A lot of what I'm having to do to get myself weaned from football is really limit what media I allow myself… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
How small we humans are. All our scrambling around, trying to buttress ourselves against death. All our efforts to insulate ourselves against… — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
The biggest moment of flexibility in our shopping habits is when we have a child, because all of your old routines go… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“There is nothing different between man and women. Even their behavior is the same. The only difference is that women are secretive… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
When everything around you is out of order, you can always fall into your routine to help you stay on track for… — Ryan Serhant Copy Share Image
Whenever I write anything, I do sing to it, to try and make sure it's interesting or compelling to sing to. I've… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of justifying bad behavior or justifying why people are the way they are. I think that's a cop… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image