“Back in the 1920s, the major manual of the public relations industry actually was titled Propaganda (in those days, people were a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes.… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
“No amount of advice will prevent the women from carrying on this deadly habit.” This was written in 1917, but the attitude… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“The habit of thinking that things exist “out there” in the world or “in here” is hard to give up, though. It… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
You have thousands of choices and decisions to make everyday. You have the right to not go to the gym, you the… — Robert Cheeke Copy Share Image
“She thought: When we are two, they do not notice us. They think us a match. What wisdom does a mob have?… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far. The secret is in action - here and now.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When story and behavior are consistent, we relax; when story and behavior are inconsistent, we get tense. We have a deep psychological… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
You need to stay in that one position to get consistency that way. Different things are going through your mind when you… — Aaron Ramsey Copy Share Image
[Peter Pan] has never broken his terrible habit of eavesdropping. So, maybe that wasn't the rustle of pages you heard while this… — Geraldine McCaughrean Copy Share Image
“diverse, connected, interdependent entities whose behavior is determined by rules, which may adapt, but need not. The interactions of these entities often… — Scott E. Page Copy Share Image
If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would… — Eugene Grace Copy Share Image
This is a world that defines everything backwards, a world in which good is called bad, brightness is called darkness, up is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“fundamental to the concept of an elite is the idea that its members must merit their status in the judgment of others… — Thomas R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Cecilia could have told him that Mr. Fawnhope's intrepidity sprang more from a sublime unconsciousness of the risk of infection than from… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I get mail for people who lived in my home before I did, and sometimes my own body seems like a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible would be it, no question.… — Thomas Schlamme Copy Share Image
“As I swallowed the last bite of my bagel, my fear gave way to anger. “And just what the hell did he… — Lisa Shearin Copy Share Image
The reason why Broken Men only became Untouchables was because in addition to being Buddhists, they retained their habit of beef-eating, which… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
As Latter-day Saints, we need not look like the world. We need not entertain like the world. Our personal habits should be… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
I think social media can be harmful and helpful at the same time. I started in 2003 ... back then, we didn't… — Cristela Alonzo Copy Share Image
“People are wrong when they think that an unemployed man only worries about losing his wages; on the contrary, an illiterate man,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Physicians today, as human beings, are not exempt from the perverse economic pressures created by fee-for-service regimes to see more patients for… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
“Wild rambling roses had started to appear on the sides of the path; creatures of habit making their yearly bids between the… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
There is behavioral ecology, which looks closely at the difference different ecologies make to behavior and other features of animals and humans.… — Brian Boyd Copy Share Image
Things like promoting healthy behaviours, including nutrition and activity, and beginning that at school is so critical. We used to have a… — Jacinda Ardern Copy Share Image
the habit of generalizing from one particular, that mainstay of the cheap and obvious essayist, has rooted many fictions in the public… — Kate Douglas Wiggin Copy Share Image
The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Touch" You are already asleep. I lower myself in next to you, my skin slightly numb with the restraint of habits, the… — Thom Gunn Copy Share Image
Move your personal investments and retirement funds to socially responsible investment (SRI) funds that support only those corporations that uphold higher standards… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
One common behavior of late Stage 3 [in the process of a company's decline] is when those in power blame other people… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
My brand of comedy is taking a serious approach to silliness. Small moments of modern life and human behavior make me laugh.… — Jonathan Krisel Copy Share Image
You point out that war is only a symptom of the whole horrid business of human behavior, and cannot be isolated. And… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
From spending my decades thinking about behavior and the biological influences on it, I'm convinced by now free will is what we… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
The unit of effectiveness of education is not the individual but the group. An individual's moral values are primarily important for society… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share Image
“Why not?” he said, abruptly. “Why not?” said Damen. “I don’t share your craven habit of hitting only those who cannot hit… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Anyone who takes opioids on a regular basis will become dependent upon them, meaning they will have to taper off gradually to… — Karen Lee Richards Copy Share Image
“Because behavior is under the control of its consequences, obedience training is about providing consequences to the dog. Life is a never-ending… — Jean Donaldson Copy Share Image