...a habit that had become one of those necessary things for the night... surely a body-friendly if not familiar-lying next to you.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“All human activity is subject to habitualization. Any action that is repeated frequently becomes cast into a pattern, which can then be… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
To deal with these problems - of world population and hunger, of peace, of energy and mineral resources, of environmental pollution, of… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
Handheld camera is approximating what we're seeing when we're looking at each other, and kind of looking around, and your eyes whipping… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
The price that must be paid for mastery is discipline. No one achieves lasting success without it. So from the moment you… — Robin Crow Copy Share Image
Physical education for the body to be effective must be rigorous and detailed, far sighted and methodological. This will be translated into… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
“As my own neurosis became more subdued I found myself unconsciously drawn to female characters who exhibited signs of behaviors I had… — Kier-La Janisse Copy Share Image
The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put… — Chauncey Wright Copy Share Image
It is generally admitted that the cultural values (humanization) and the existing institutions and policies of society are rarely,if ever, in harmony.… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
“From the perspective of a class C, an alien method is one whose behavior is not fully specified by C. This includes… — Brian Goetz Copy Share Image
“The most powerful opportunity that it presents is the chance to delay when the need to make a quick decision may present… — Rob Elliott Copy Share Image
Literature is conscious mythology: as society develops, its mythical stories become structural principles of story-telling, its mythical concepts, sun-gods and the like,… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“To gauge the extent of society’s victory in the modern age, its early substitution of behavior for action and its eventual substitution… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Night landings were a routine part of carrier operations—and perhaps the best of all examples of how a man’s accumulated good works… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Weight loss is about learning to let go. Let go of the unhealthy food, the unproductive habits, the worn routines, and even… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“A year of intense exercise and watching what you eat will likely change the trajectory of your life physically. You will melt… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
“But I didn’t go to sleep. The truth is, I’ve got a monkey on my back, a habit worse than marijuana though… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“likely to form a secure attachment. The less secure the relationship attachments in our first two years, the harder it is to… — Heather Hans Copy Share Image
“a habit of procrastination indicates a worship problem: an unwillingness to do the work that God has appointed for us, or an… — Staci Eastin Copy Share Image
This habit of free speaking at ladies' lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
But who are we, really? Just a bundle of good genes and bad genes mixed with good habits and bad habits. And… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
The distinguishing trait of people accustomed to good society is a calm, imperturbable quiet which pervades all their actions and habits, from… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“If our mind remains freeze-framed by inhibiting and hampering habits, in an ever-changing world, we won’t be able to get rid of… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
It's important to know how to lead and manage a classroom with flexibility. Students of all ages are quite capable of learning… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. Just to answer the… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
By habits of thrift and economy, by way of the industrial school and college, we are coming up. We are crawling up,… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I was in a peacetime army. It was like something out of a Le Carre novel: studying the habits of your enemy.… — Steve Truglia Copy Share Image
It's good to do things that are out of the norm. I'm a creature of habit and I like to stay in… — LaToya Jackson Copy Share Image
When a warrior has put an end to his routines, when he doesn't care anymore whether he has company or is alone,… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
“I think this should be called non-victim behavior. A surprise offer of bright cheeriness and self-confidence on people who were probably about… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“Columbus sent home shiploads of Indians to be sold as slaves, but the theologians protested, the Queen's conscience rebelled, and enslavement of… — J.H. Elliott Copy Share Image
The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Guardiola immediately set about introducing a series of habits, working practices, systems and methodologies acquired after a career working with a variety… — Guillem Balague Copy Share Image
Many pundits today are in the habit of misquoting Santayana's epigram, Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.… — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
“I always considered fear to be a motivator or a reason not to do something, but I never considered it a reason… — Denise Grover Swank Copy Share Image
All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Contemporary philosophers are facing problems that were unthinkable only one century ago, such as whether space and time are mutually Independent, whether… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
“A belief is a lever that, once pulled, moves almost everything in a person’s life. Are you a scientist? A liberal? A… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
