You must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable-nay, letter by… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Sometimes you don't really understand the characters you do. I don't need to. Most of the behavior is obscure and I don't… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
“Your sense of paralysis will be intensified if your family and friends are in the habit of pushing and cajoling you. Their… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
The routine of custom tends to deaden even scientific inquiry; it stands in the way of discovery and of the active scientific… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“But I should note, for all my resistance to organized religion, that I don't believe Charlie could have quit drinking without it.… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
My routine while filming a movie is so basic: wake up, work, shower, sleep. I try to cut all the things that… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
“I would rather visit Selina, than go to Garden Court to visit Helen--for Helen is as full of wedding talk as any… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
“I was impressed, although unsurprised. She was obviously in the habit of thinking operationally, and was as matter-of-fact about it as she… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“How we interact in our world that we inhabit determines how much happiness human beings enjoy. The ego guides human beings in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Proceed through each one of the actions in your bathroom routine by reminding yourself of why it is a necessary, positive, and… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
My history helps other people in terms of treatment and lessons in recovery. It affects my daily routine, as my body is… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
“Everyone was a stakeholder and it elicited new behavior from the students. Mr. Hughes had tapped into the power of a common… — Michael G. Thompson Copy Share Image
“To begin with, there is an almost compulsive promiscuity associated with homosexual behavior. 75% of homosexual men have more than 100 sexual… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“Harm reduction is often perceived as being inimical to the ultimate purpose of “curing” addiction—that is, of helping addicts transcend their habits… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Instead, these findings suggest that the amygdala injects implicit distrust and vigilance into social decision making.23 All thanks to learning. In the… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the film being so unusual and provocative is the filmmaker to me doesn't seem to have… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy… — William James Copy Share Image
The human brain is the only object in the known universe that can predict its own future and tell its on fortune.… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
“let any animal “push your buttons.” Never, ever correct an animal out of anger or frustration. When you try to correct your… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
“contrast, provides a very weak feedback signal — when a strong signal is needed to curb habitual behavior. As Charles Duhigg, a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The neccessity for making a living keeps our minds so bound down to the details of professional success that we sometimes forget… — Arthur Twining Hadley Copy Share Image
I have found in my experience that expediency, whether it is practical or not, is an unreliable guide for behavior. Human behavior… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
“(Excerpt from a standup routine by Matt Graham:) Last Friday, my roommate sent me out to get some canned fish, because we're… — Stefan Fatsis Copy Share Image
“Much recent scholarship has emphasized that nations are not a “natural” form of social organization, but a constructed one; in the words… — Josephine Quinn Copy Share Image
And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior…I think Obama gets up every morning with a worldview that is fundamentally… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
“...what has mattered are the moments of exposure to every life, when habit is no longer enough, and choices have to be… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they… — James Cook Copy Share Image
“Is it bad to fall asleep with the TV on? (XX) This habit might mess with your shut-eye. A new Australian study… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Severe punishment unquestionably has an immediate effect in reducing a tendency to act in a given way. This result is no doubt… — B.F. Skinner Copy Share Image
I'll give you my routine, my morning ritual: I get up, I do a bit of stretching, and then after showering and… — Grace Hightower Copy Share Image
Often if you are very, very close with someone, sometimes it does not read. In effect, your dynamic onstage is defused. You… — Jessica Hecht Copy Share Image
Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
“It had started to worry me that if I wasn't careful my meekness could become a habit, a tic, something hardwired that… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are many people who enjoy animal based foods and who have no interest in changing the way they eat. And as… — Gary Player Copy Share Image
The poems ... are moments when I had the intensity to see, and the energy to build, some careful analog that completed… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“I eventually learned to correct behaviors by having my children recognize and name the problem themselves. Replace “Don’t pull the dog’s ears”… — Dale McGowan Copy Share Image
Avoid the 'squeaky wheel gets the grease' habit of overreacting to the loudest feedback. The first time you hear a particular piece… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
