Habits Quotes · Page 205

As a coach, when it comes to football players, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we're…

— Nick Saban

For it is only habit and memory that dulls the physical passion. Without memory, each night is the first night, each morning…

— Alan Lightman

Baby Boomers will have different gambling habits than other seniors because they have more disposable income and are more comfortable with gambling…

— Ryan Ross

Look at Mann's reading habits, his explicit comments on Nietzsche, and his copy of Birth of Tragedy, and it starts to seem…

— Philip Kitcher

Reducing the thinking required to take the next action increases the likelihood of the desired behavior occurring unconsciously.

— Nir Eyal

A girl who is really pretty - whether she wraps herself in an abayah, a nun's habit, or the front hall rug…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Clutter is not just physical stuff. It's old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your…

— Eleanor Brown

It is difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while…

— Muriel Spark

“Quite so, quite so,” agreed the Viscount inconsistently, not from any want of intelligence but rather from the habit he had formed…

— Rachel Carter

“Managers are always saying they want their people to think more, yet they do not always encourage them to do that. That…

— Dorothy Leeds

Inspiration can show up almost any time, though I have yet to see anyone scratching out melodic ideas on a restaurant napkin…

— William P. Perry

“As they worked through the order types, they created a taxonomy of predatory behavior in the stock market. Broadly speaking, it appeared…

— Michael Lewis

Thinking can be lateral or "sweaty". For the latter you're better off in an office and following a routine but for the…

— Joao Magueijo

At age three, if you have a still-growing brain, it's a human behavior. In chimps, by age three, the brain is formed…

— Zeresenay Alemseged

One thing that could be a problem is breaking old habits. It's not that you don't understand what the new responsibilities or…

— Bill Belichick

Don't throw away your friendship with your teenager over behavior that has no great moral significance. There will be plenty of real…

— James Dobson

I think more and more young people are catching on when it comes to certain healthy behaviors, much more than I did…

— Jennifer Aniston

Every place is a place to practice. Every time is a time to practice. Zen is concerned with the thought we have…

— Bill Porter

I was part of Jazzercise class. It was an aerobics routine accompanied by loud music, sounding quite awful to me. Jazzercise was…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted…

— Isaac Asimov

There's a gigantic gray area between good moral behavior and outright felonious activities. I call that the Weasel Zone and it's where…

— Scott Adams

One must be careful with words. Words turn probabilities into facts and by sheer force of definition translate tendencies into habits.

— Fay Weldon

“Internal Triggers When a product becomes tightly coupled with a thought, an emotion, or a pre-existing routine, it leverages an internal trigger.”

— Nir Eyal

So, what's a nudge? A nudge is some small feature of the environment that attracts our attention and alters our behavior.

— Richard Thaler

“but none of whom gave the impression of being willing to put up with questionable behavior from anyone else ever again.”

— Caleb Carr

“I had this bad habit of checking my bank account every day, as if compulsively looking at it would make it grow.”

— Andy Weir

We've both got a million bad habits to kick. Not sleeping is one. We're biting our nails. Youre biting my lip. Im…

— Lorde

Men educated in [the critical habit of thought]are slow to believe. They can hold things as possible or probable in all degrees,…

— William Graham Sumner

Because of the increasing rates of obesity, unhealthy eating habits and physical inactivity, we may see the first generation that will be…

— Richard Carmona

Stop making someone as a part of your daily routine, because routine means consistency and people are all about change and mood…

— Anonymous

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there…

— Anderson Cooper

I do films which get me out of my comedian routine so that I don't get bored being a stand-up comedian. And…

— Vir Das

Your Worst Behavior Should Be Reserved For The Person Who Loves You The Most Because Somehow, No Matter What You Do.. That…

— Pacifiersucker

“Transforming habits is about finding familiarity in change, making the transition smoother and the journey more rewarding.”

— Donald Pillai

80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems ... they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.

— Andy Stanley

Having - and keeping to - a regular exercise routine is crucial. And forget about those extreme diets - they aren't healthy.

— Lee Byung-hun

Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch…

— John Lubbock

“You have a bad habit of listing anything that can go wrong, Volger." "I have always considered that a good habit”

— Scott Westerfeld

For a long time visits among lovers and professions of love are kept up through habit, after their behavior has plainly proved…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Young people, for whom I should have been a role model and an uncle, duplicated my worst habits and died as a…

— Peter Coyote