The behavior of the crowd at Churchill Downs is like 100,000 vicious Hyenas going berserk all at once in a space about… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation. Affectation itself, beginning with the need to define some sorts of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I think things are more confused now than in several years, and I think the reason is that the governor is vacillating… — Steven Schier Copy Share Image
After 'Disturbing Behavior' and the pummeling I received creatively and emotionally, I did not know if I had it in me to… — David Nutter Copy Share Image
Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye… — Charles Garfield Copy Share Image
Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are kinds of action, for good or ill, that lie so far outside the boundaries of normal behavior that they force… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
For example: (1) As if governed by Newton's First Law of Motion, an institution will resist any change in its current direction;… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I'm unhappy with the President Trump. I don't like his behavior, and I'm a Republican, and I don't like his policies because… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
I want to share that I had and still do, and a great relationship with Angela Ahrendts. She was the CEO of… — Judith E. Glaser Copy Share Image
Most of us still believe in the intrinsic value of nature, but I think the first century of the environmental/conservation movement demonstrated… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
While all societies make their own imaginaries (institutions, laws, traditions, beliefs and behaviors), autonomous societies are those that their members are aware… — Cornelius Castoriadis Copy Share Image
If I ever succumbed to the demon on my shoulder going, "You should get something special because you're famous," that is the… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
In the nurturing family...parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
People tend to look at their businesses from the inside out - that is, they get so focused on making and selling… — Lawrence Bossidy Copy Share Image
Since neither black animosity nor the Left's falsehood of 'racial tensions' is based on the actual behavior of the vast majority of… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
I just always wanted to study human behavior because every psychologist that I would talk to would tell me I was bipolar,… — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can't make Christ funny. He's self-aware, he's too flexible within the situation. It's rigidity, it's when the ego takes over and… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I knew there was never anyone to blame when people get into drugs. They're always responsible for their own behavior, and it's… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
Women are routinely demeaned, dismissed, discouraged and assaulted. Too many women's careers are stymied or ended because of harassment and abuse. In… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Success and failure in our own national economy will hang upon the degree to which we are able to work with races… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
They're so attached to their patterns that they've forgotten rule number one of human behavior: there are no patterns. People just do… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
You seem cynical because you're always talking about that selfish behavior that's dressed up as altruism. It doesn't mean there isn't altruism.… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless:… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
The designer shouldn't think of a simple dichotomy between errors and correct behavior; rather, the entire interaction should be treated as a… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We're really… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I can watch anybody all day long if they're really doing what they're doing. I have a fascination with human behavior, watching… — Scoot McNairy Copy Share Image
Still, they were two thorns from the same thistle. Their tactics in terrorizing innocent ladies were identical. Their behavior was downright sinful,… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
Five hundred thousand Americans die from tobacco poisoning every year, and it's legal. I don't know, it just that's the - you… — Larry Hagman Copy Share Image
The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you… — Biz Stone Copy Share Image
Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
One other thing I think a conservative believes is that the parents, not government, are and should be responsible for the upbringing… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
Perhaps there cannot be a better way of judging of what manner of spirit we are of, than to see whether the… — William Law Copy Share Image
As premiums continue to skyrocket, we must ensure that health insurers are not engaging in anticompetitive behavior and unfairly driving up health… — Diana DeGette Copy Share Image
Voting for a candidate solely because of that candidate's support for abortion or against him or her solely on the basis of… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
