Don't ever make the mistake with people like me thinking we are looking for heroes. There aren't any and if there were,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
From a neighbour, I got a one-day-old duckling and found, to my intense joy, that it transferred its following response to my… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
I honestly think that kids should not exercise: they should keep fit through play. The most important age is zero to seven,… — Magnus Scheving Copy Share Image
The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to feel real, it has to… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
Speaking as a phenomenologist, it seems to me that a considerable portion of mind wandering actually is "mental avoidance behaviour", an attempt… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
I am a believer in Adam Smith, who says that if you look at something that really contributes value to society, and… — David Cheriton Copy Share Image
I've discovered most Christians don't know what to do with difficult situations because they have bought into the lie that God owes… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a… — Simon Conway Morris Copy Share Image
My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
I like to write stories where young people have a strong feeling about something being fair or unfair, right or wrong, cruel… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
This civilisation is the work of man, who high-handedly and ignorant of the true workings of Nature, has created a world without… — Viktor Schauberger Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour, I feel like saying to them: 'You simply… — Will Self Copy Share Image
When I began in 1960, individuality wasn't an accepted thing to look for; it was about species-specific behaviour. But animal behaviour is… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I like movies that pop, that have a little bit of candy on, that freedom to have a little bit of extra… — Tony Gilroy Copy Share Image
“They would be displeased to have anybody call them docile, yet in a way they are. They submit themselves to manly behaviour.… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Aggression in bears can be and often is a stepping stone to friendship. Friendship and alliances frequently develop by repeated interactions, with… — Benjamin Kilham Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, but ISIS is a problem, and this matter should be solved very quickly. This will affect existing production,… — Abdallah Salem el-Badri Copy Share Image
We tell market researchers that we don't mind paying more for green benefits but only a minority of zealots ever really will.… — Chris Powell Copy Share Image
With young kids watching and hearing the news, we have to be on our best behaviour. I think it's really important that… — Moeen Ali Copy Share Image
Brand planning must continue to paint a vivid description of the consumer today. The challenge is that it can feel like this… — James W. Moseley Copy Share Image
Gentlemanly, principled, helpful behaviour by older men vis-a-vis young women goes unnoticed, but it deserves real moral credit, and we could use… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I'm interested in avoiding two types of behaviour [in my children]: one is the sense of guilt and the other is a… — John Elkann Copy Share Image
When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behaviour that compromises the lives… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Because of the financial crash, we've lost trust in these big businesses that were led by a linear ambition to reach the… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
My behaviour in the past wasn't too bad. But let's say it was not in keeping with the Islamic faith's demands. Nightclubs,… — Demba Ba Copy Share Image
Men with discrimination will be viewed as schemers; second, men with deep far-sightedness will be seen as cowards; and third, men with… — Takeda Shingen Copy Share Image
Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it’s only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue.… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to… — Ian Goldin Copy Share Image
I think if I ever stopped pushing myself, I would revert quickly to quite repetitive, restrictive behaviour. But in pushing myself and… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
There are always reasons for people's behaviour, and it's easy just to dismiss them and assume that we already know their story,… — Kate Dickie Copy Share Image
Parties are only bad when a fight breaks out, when men fight over women or vice versa. Someone takes a fall, an… — Bill Murray 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
My eating habits are the only behaviour of mine that are still manic. I can't walk by a restaurant, a bakery, an… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
When herding behaviour among investors ramps up, a stock's or index's growth rate can increase faster than exponentially, leading to more herding.… — Didier Sornette Copy Share Image
“SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO NIBBLE ON THE INSIDES OF THEIR OWN CHEEKS. IV'E SEEN AN OTHERWISE LOVELY GIRL CONTORT HER FACE TO… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
There are the those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
Our knowledge of animals and their behaviour has come a long way. We can no longer justify imprisoning them, robbing them of… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages,… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
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