Behavior Quotes · Page 31

The only way to shut out the voice of god and the angels is to act out addictively whether it’s alcohol or…

— Doreen Virtue

Two things define your success in life. a)The way you manage when you have nothing. b)The way you behave when you have…

— Abhishek Tiwari

Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

— Martha C. Nussbaum

If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.

— P. J. Plauger

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'

— Nate Silver

Things That Actually Happen Are Often More Surprising Than Stories That Are Invented...

— Pacifiersucker

Monstrous behavior is the order of the day. I'll tell you when to be shocked. When something human and decent happens!

— Lucille Kallen

The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors.

— Francis Collins

However difficult it may be to accept what happens to us, one must understand that moments such as this give us the…

— Paulo Coelho

Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts…

— Terence McKenna

Poetry is an ethic. By ethic I mean a secret code of behavior, a discipline constructed and conducted according to the capabilities…

— Jean Cocteau

The blind conviction that we have to do something about other people's reproductive behavior, and that we may have to do it…

— Germaine Greer

Writers should be able to fully deduct from their taxes all writing-related expenses, including alcohol, parking tickets, court judgments, fines for lewd…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I think obviously there's a core of who you are, and as you get older, you become more aware of what behavior…

— Seth

I wasn't writing, I wasn't drawing, and personality-wise, I was just completely arrogant. I'm not trying to be overly apologetic for my…

— Patti Smith

In some settings, however, rampant opportunistic behavior severely limits what can be done jointly without major investments in monitoring and sanctioning arrangements.

— Elinor Ostrom

It's always fascinating to me, one, when they like to throw President [Bill] Clinton's behavior in Secretary [Hillary] Clinton's face, I've never…

— Star Jones

Every one of you sitting here today is carrying at least 500 measurable chemicals in your body that were never in anybody's…

— Theo Colborn

On those days when we're not ready to stop being offended, not ready to forgive, still determined to dish out the silent…

— Sheri L. Dew

The impulse to think, to philosophize and spin beauty and brilliance out of mind and soul, is somehow the offspring of resistance…

— Eric Hoffer

“Evidentemente, muitos destes cegos estao a ser pisados, empurrados, esmurrados, é o efeito do pânico, um efeito natural, pode-se dizer, a natureza…

— Saramago, José

It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from responding…

— Stephen Bright

You know that I love you." And despite herself, Coraline nodded. It was true. The other mother loved her. But she loved…

— Neil Gaiman

Cease lying to yourself and stop telling yourself stories about why you behave the way you do. Stop blaming your behavior on…

— Sheri Rosenthal

To me, all human behavior is unpredictable and, considering man's frailty... and... the ramshackle universe he functions in, it's... all irrational.

— William Faulkner

To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your behavior. Earthseed: The Books of the Living

— Anonymous

I didn't realise how devastating my behavior could be - looking back, I'm very embarrassed. I just buckled under the anxiety.

— James Arthur

Actors really are the scum of the earth. Their behavior makes overpaid rock stars look positively noble.

— Buzz Osborne

[The man] thinks he's being condemned because of his color but actually he's being condemned because of his deeds, his conscious behavior.

— Malcolm X

The dog is a reflection of your energy, of your behavior. You have to ask, 'What am I doing?' That's the right…

— Cesar Millan

Whatever behavior you've experienced from people in the past, expect them to do it again and again and again.

— Merrill Markoe

Policymakers think that if they get the abstractions right, that will drive behavior in the desired direction. But the world happens in…

— Sendhil Mullainathan

One hour three times per week in the gym is no counterbalance to all of the other behavior in those other 165 hours

— Mark Twight

“We live in a society where mutual respect and appreciation should be considered one of the pillars of modern life.”

— Oscar Auliq-Ice

I don't think history will ever be a science because history will never be reduced to law-like behavior. People are to unpredictable.

— David Brooks

You've gotta be very careful that grace and politeness do not merge into a banality of behavior, where we're just nice, sort…

— Bono

Values must be demonstrated through behaviors, but they are truly significant when they represent the beliefs of an entire organization.

— Bill Capodagli

Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to…

— John P. Kotter

God is always near His people, but their sinful behavior may cause His presence to be grievous.

— Max Anders

It would be really worrying if, as a Darwinian, it was impossible to think of ways in which our behavior could be…

— Richard Dawkins