Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time we take a step… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
It is easy to make a simple machine which will run toward the light or run away from it, and if such… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As… — James Hunter Copy Share Image
... much seemingly chance variation in human behavior is not due to chance; it is in fact the logical result of a… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
Comedy is a reaction to the world, and I think it really helps to be an outsider. I've always been very interested… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
In the texts, and as His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we should check the person's behavior not when they're sitting… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Religion is nothing more than a useless and sometimes dangerous, evolutionary accident. Religious behavior may be a misfiring, an unfortunate byproduct of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
My colleagues from the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education are working on participatory public health initiatives in Michigan, and there… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
The part that always shocked me was the inter-community violence among the chimps: the patrols and the vicious attacks on strangers that… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
To stroll is a science, it is the gastronomy of the eye. To walk is to vegetate, to stroll is to live…… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Whether low-income people are dealing with access to veteran's benefits, or a protective order to guard against domestic violence, or a way… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
I think that 9/11 is a greater loss if we do not change our behavior in some way. I think that if… — Doug Davidson Copy Share Image
The biggest lesson I've learned from my children is to look in the mirror at myself, not at them. I've realized that… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
Our society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system and this… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Byrnes... was concerned about Russia's postwar behavior. Russian troops had moved into Hungary and Rumania, and Byrnes thought it would be very… — Leo Szilard Copy Share Image
The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy.… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
The mere acknowledgment that 'God is watching' can act as a trap, fueling bad behavior, corruption, and guilt, all remedied by God's… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
I was so afraid to go out west to my aunt's ranch. But the only choice my mother gave me was to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules… — Burne Hogarth Copy Share Image
I have been studying women's political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
The natural world is full of females falling hard for stupid male display behavior, including bright feathers, big antlers, and bombastic courtship… — Richard Conniff Copy Share Image
As a leader, parent, or friend - don't let someone's poor attitude and poor performance hinder your commitment to holding them to… — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
I would not say that ethical behavior is not possible for the atheist or agnostic. It is. A couple of pretty good… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Trump's behavior is deeply disturbing but hardly surprising. His mercurial nature is not the product of a post-inaugural adder sting at Mar-a-Lago.… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
A few public hangings will really change behavior. One of our Presidents said if he could execute three people each year for… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
To become "memorable" do things that are somewhat unexpected. Dress, or talk, in ways that draw attention. And mostly, don't follow all… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
The people and places that cause terror in childhood cause attraction in adulthood. We end up being repetitively attracted to the same… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
As a young woman, I can say that sexist behavior so often perpetrated by the Left is a major reason why I… — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
This is a horrid generalization, so I'll probably get hate mail from stockbrokers. I would have been forced to get back to… — William Mapother Copy Share Image
Mostly we're motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there's a bit… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
There is a difference between legitimate issues of character - someone's behavior - and the issue of whether someone who has done… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, it has turned out that game theory is more readily applied to biology than to the field of economic behavior for… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
Influence others with your good behavior and actions, who you think you are; are the message and it speak louder than what… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The clearer you are about the consequences of your actions and the more intensely you desire to enjoy the consequences that your… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is a behavior-related and preference-related and one is something inherently - skin color,… — James Lankford Copy Share Image
There are some that are - REM Behavior Disorder, we'll see some court documented cases. And they really need to have a… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Almost everything that gets called "universal truth" or "common sense" is actually cultural. And too easily twisted into justifications for all kinds… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
Often our good deeds make enemies for us, and the ungrateful person despises us on two counts; for he is not only… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
