“1. Trigger A trigger is the actuator of behavior — the spark plug in the engine. Triggers come in two types: external… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Suddenly he thought he saw a trait of soul-less habit in her dear coarse face, something mechanical and unmysterious in her friendly… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“A day out of season, stopping the monotonous count of summer days. Stopping, too, one's own summer routine, so that, looking out… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“Really, science is wonderful, but why does it tend to suck all the joyous mystery from the world? Love may be nothing… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“morphic resonance points to new ways forward: If the regularities of nature are evolving habits rather than eternal laws, there is no… — Rupert Sheldrake Copy Share Image
“It was in the Depot Tavern that he received condolences, accepted funerary offers of drink, and, when these recognitions were exhausted, he… — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
“Understanding consumer attitudes and behaviour in a category is an asset of the manufacturer and a source of power in the battle… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“There is not a moral to every story in animal behavior. Sometimes a snake is just a snake, and sometimes snake sex… — Marlene Zuk Copy Share Image
I think anyone who has had a fight and who's a very good observer of the situation and people's behavior is capable… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
“Due to brain plasticity, whatever actions we do and thoughts we have either solidify existing neuronal connections or create new ones. If… — Kevin Espiritu Copy Share Image
“I still can’t wrap my mind around crossing that line of human behavior – civilized people punching and fighting, making violence their… — Rachel Thompson Copy Share Image
Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal… — Earnest Hooton Copy Share Image
“I have a bad habit of dropping verbal pellets to get a reaction, like Ursula LeGuin’s “A novelist’s business is lying” (that… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“To make amends can be viewed two ways: first, that of repairing damage, for if I have damaged my neighbor’s fence, I… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is… — Urie Bronfenbrenner Copy Share Image
The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion is portrayed… — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
In a Society in which there is no law, and in theory no compulsion, the only arbiter of behaviour is public opinion.… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Try to walk into the gym with the mindset that you're going to do a different thing every day. Whether that means… — Mark Schlereth Copy Share Image
How long shall we blunder along without the aid of unpartisan and authoritative scientific assistance in the administration of justice, no one… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The difficulty in judging what type of behavior works well arises not only because a given course of action does not always… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
“I thought you were from a civilized country," he said. "How have you come to look more like Carthya's whipping boy than… — Jennifer A. Nielsen Copy Share Image
“You’ll have to forgive me. I’m a refugee from the past, and like other refugees I go over the customs and habits… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The four laws of learning are: the first is demonstration of what you want. The second is the criticism of the demonstration.… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
“By instinct, habit, and enculturation, all of us tend to think of counseling as a human-with-human interaction. But in fact a human-with-Savior… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“Your secret behavior will be inherited by your children! If Nelson Mandela was a symbol of reconciliation; then reconciliation is our character.… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
I think they (Thatcher protesters) ought to be grateful for the fact that the people who hold our (pro-Thatcher) views, and who… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
“Then, in the 1980's, came the paroxysm of downsizing, and the very nature of the corporation was thrown into doubt. In what… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“Using the context and stuff of our daily lives to create an atmosphere of comfort prepares the ground for moments of unexpected… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
Everything in life is miraculous. For the sigil taught me that it rests within the power of each of us to awaken… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
“reforms to Christmas behaviors were in part driven by fear of class conflict and a desire to tame customs that, despite their… — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
No matter how civilized we are and how much society has curbed violent behavior. Human beings still have the same genes they… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
“Always too eager for the future, we Pick up bad habits of expectancy. Something is always approaching; every day Till then we… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
“Numero uno: you realise pretty quickly that you're never going to get what one of the viler magazines might refer to as… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
Economics has increasingly become the science of human behavior in general, and it's all the more unlikely to think that it can… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
“You can read my mind if you like.” Trent stopped in sudden realization. “My God. You can read my mind. You may,”… — Daniel Keys Moran Copy Share Image
I am not at all justifying Kapil's abusive behavior. I am only trying to say that when you know the person is… — Kiku Sharda Copy Share Image
“Of course there was no such thing as a true repetition of anything; ever since the pre-Socratics that had been clear, Heraclitus… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“I am only a man." It was a rumbling murmur, his eyes on her mouth. "If you continue to play with me… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
“A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image