The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
The reason that I think it is a waste of time to engage in moral value judgements about people's violence, is because… — James Gilligan Copy Share Image
I am not the kind of person you should let go to sleep mad or sad.Because all I am gonna do is… — Destiny Dreams Copy Share Image
What is important is that complex systems, richly cross-connected internally, have complex behaviours, and that these behaviours can be goal-seeking in complex… — William Ross Ashby Copy Share Image
It is facile to imply that smoking, alcoholism, overeating, or other ingrained patters can be upended without real effort. Genuine change requires… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of Dr. Seuss's better-known work, but his fables leave me awe-struck. 'Ten Tall Tales' is a collection of… — Giles Andreae Copy Share Image
The ultimate goal is to change Syria's behaviour on a variety of issues - on its interference in Lebanese internal affairs, on… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
The pace at which science has progressed has been too fast for human behaviour to adapt to it. As I said we… — Jean-Marie Lehn Copy Share Image
When I analyse myself and my reactions or behaviour, there is the act and the actor. There is a division between the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
In The Godfather, for instance, they say they won't deal drugs because they have a code of behaviour. He is the last… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
Thinking in terms of risk certainly has its unsettling aspects (...), but it is also a means of seeking to stabilise outcomes,… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
We learn the social norms of our society and modify our behaviour accordingly. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We are all born into families and cultures we didn't choose, given names we didn't pick, instructed in behaviour and values we… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
Psychologism is, I believe, correct only in so far as it insists upon what may be called 'methodological individualism' as opposed to… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
... into the novel goes such taste as I have for rational behaviour and social portraiture. The short story, as I see… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Men love women because they are the loveliest things on God's earth. Women love men because chocolate can't mow the lawn. Some… — Guy Browning Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Priority is placed on the chastity of women. You can be corrupt, or a murderer and still hold your head up high… — Safak Pavey Copy Share Image
Fear is a far more dominant force in human behaviour than euphoria - I would never have expected that or given it… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
In play, the child is always behaving beyond his age, above his usual everyday behaviour; in play he is, as it were,… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the… — David Lack Copy Share Image
Sometimes we may find that our partner continues to seek satisfaction in a ways that we cannot live with. Nevertheless, when we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
