“Miller had gone off on some affairs of his own, as he always did when the routine at Bryant’s was interrupted, for… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior. — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
“Ceasing to be 'in love' need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense - love as distinct from 'being… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
“It’s not until situations are difficult, when problems come up and temptation is great, that you get to prove your worthiness for… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
“Actions prove who someone is; words just prove who they want to be. If you want to know your true value in… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“What you learned about the Müller-Lyer illusion did not change the way you see the lines, but it changed your behavior. You… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
One thing bothered me as a student. In the 1960s, human behavior was totally off limits for the biologist. There was animal… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
I was brought up on a farm in Southwest France, eating farm-fresh produce three times a day. It was paradise on Earth,… — Alain Ducasse Copy Share Image
“The physical and emotional distress that result from incurring the misogynist's displeasure can be so painful that women will do virtually anything… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
You know, it's strange when you're a guest star, because everybody knows each other so well, and they're relaxed, and they have… — Sam Lloyd Copy Share Image
Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. In Britain, the road [to democratic… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
There's a weird contrast between my usual daily routine and then my book coming out. It's like someone's just suddenly opened the… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures… — Anthony Trollope 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
A want of the habit of observing and an inveterate habit of taking averages are each of them often equally misleading. — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
“A person's bad habit is often misunderstood by close people, even those who are more prone to this habit.” — Srinivas mishra Copy Share Image
“The hearts of everyone, the feeling is different Everyone in this world, the behavior is different The eyes are all the same..… — Sachin sawariya Copy Share Image
All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence. For many,… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
“People pushed by force of habit, pushed for the pure pleasure of pushing, and they would go on pushing until you showed… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Some behaviors that seem normal to contemporary people (and which are therefore readily assumed to be universal) would quickly destroy many small-scale… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
To become "memorable" do things that are somewhat unexpected. Dress, or talk, in ways that draw attention. And mostly, don't follow all… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“There is reason to suspect that our predilection for linear codes, which have a simple, almost temporal sequence, is chiefly a literary… — George Dyson Copy Share Image
Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits. — Charles J. Givens Copy Share Image
But just as it sometimes happens that the most temperate people, who have never acquired the habit of drinking alcohol, or even… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“The Man of Power is one who presides— By persuasion. He uses no demeaning words or behavior, does not manipulate others, appeals… — H. Burke Peterson Copy Share Image
With 'Django Unchained,' when you're dealing with slavery, it's like a gymnastics routine with the highest amount of difficulty. Quentin Tarantino is… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
For it is only habit and memory that dulls the physical passion. Without memory, each night is the first night, each morning… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“There are many things in our society masquerading as faith. What many see as faith may actually be just force of habit,… — William Hemsworth Copy Share Image
Neoclassical economics ... has uncovered important truths about the nature of money and markets because its fundamental model of rational self-interested human… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and… — Henry Hancock Copy Share Image
“We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Dragons, you know, we have a good deal of biology and zoology about the dragon; we know their habits. The dragon tends… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image