Positive reinforcement generates more behavior than is minimally required. We call this discretionary effort, and its presence in the workplace is the… — Aubrey Daniels Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t that she necessarily wanted to “socialize” at the bonfire, but she wanted to broadcast to the general population that her… — J.D. Stroube Copy Share Image
I think we certainly benefit from social institutions which encourage us towards moral behavior. It's very important to have law. It's very… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They… — Ron Silver Copy Share Image
I could claim any number of high-flown reasons for writing, just as you can explain certain dogs behavior... But maybe, it’s that… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
The more pressure that an actor puts on himself, the harder it is to deliver behavior that's interesting, and so I just… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
Your Worst Behavior Is Reserved For The Person Who Loves You The Most. Because Somehow, No Matter What You Do, That Person… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
It's really about connecting to your own humanity and your own behaviors, and getting to a level of self-awareness so that you… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
I feel that homophobia runs rampant in the music industry, and that artists are allowed to speak openly in a hateful way,… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I have observed several hundred salespeople who were taught to use deceptive practices like 'bait and switch' and encouraged to play negotiation… — Ron Willingham Copy Share Image
On a psychic level, we could be carrying energies and entities and cravings and habits and confusion and patterns of behavior from… — Robert Moss Copy Share Image
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“This person has no reservations about pushing the envelope to get what he wants, going so far as to stage meltdowns in… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
If we can stop, listen, and think about what others are seeing in us, we have a great opportunity. We can compare… — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Our conduct has a direct influence on how people think about the gospel. The world doesn't judge us by our theology; the… — Carolyn Mahaney Copy Share Image
[G]enes make enzymes, and enzymes control the rates of chemical processes. Genes do not make "novelty seeking" or any other complex and… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment dream is a good one. The idea that people should rationally appreciate their place in nature, assess threats and possibilities,… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Could it be that what we called aberrant behavior was in fact the natural state of man? Was there an instinct to… — Wrath James White Copy Share Image
“You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public, and maintain a holy appearance... but it is your behavior that will reveal… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“am developing a theory that people will do as much as you allow them to do to you. In this way of… — Glynn Brown, Marlayna Copy Share Image
I've got this theory that human beings are innately religious; we have a belief system. It doesn't have to be a theist… — Tana French Copy Share Image
There is survival behavior, and doctors need to learn from patients who do not die when they are supposed to, instead of… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'd like to pretend to be all Olympian and above it, as if this is a phenomenon I'm observing from a great… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
We tend to crib about kids being addicted to phones all the time, but the truth is that it is the parents… — Meghana Raj Copy Share Image
Merchandise from Wal-Mart has become as ubiquitous as the water supply. Yet, still, the company is rebuked and reviled by anyone claiming… — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
The government has a responsibility to protect society, to help maintain society. That's why we have laws... The rule of law creates… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Elites are once again invoking Reagan, dropping their G's and saying things in a folksy sort of way that's meant to capture… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
Jay Carney, whose unenviable job is not to explain but to explain away what his employers say, calls the IRS’s behavior “inappropriate.… — George Will Copy Share Image
During periods of extreme fear or greed, you don't have the proper balance between those two to generate market efficiency and you… — Andrew Lo Copy Share Image
Can you ever get off for good behavior?" he joked. I gave him what I hoped was a seductive smile as I… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
It's interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accountable for their behavior or… — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
I plead - that it's very difficult when you deal with - ISIS and organizations like that whose - whose behavior is… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
'm really proud of it. To me, it's a movie about character behavior and the pecking order of the pack, as well… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
From this observed behavior a major psychological truth about this race of forked destroyers may be deduced: that, just as nature abhors… — Soseki Natsume Copy Share Image
It's harder to play a quiet character because everything happens in their stream of consciousness. They're thinking and feeling the world, but… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“Be purposeful in your actions. Be mindful to keep your behavior in alignment with your goals. Remember, you can refine, improve, and… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
Spirituality belongs to the eternal, and religion belongs to the temporal. Religion belongs to people's behavior. It is really what Pavlov, Skinner,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
It's daunting, taking on the task of representing the gay community, because there are so many different facets and different schools of… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
Even in my town, even in San Francisco, thousands of gay men were arrested usually using entrapment techniques every single year for… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image