“The universe, it appeared, had never been kind to Captain Bortrek, conspiring against him in a fashion that Threepio privately considered unlikely… — Barbara Hambly Copy Share Image
“Artists have a habit of becoming what they practice on the canvas. Who knows when it began? When he discovered that the… — Megan Rich Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t in the habit of spewing out personal facts in a church setting. While I was here, I was bound and… — Wade Kelly Copy Share Image
... a nation to be strong, must be united; to be united, must be equal in condition; to be equal in condition,… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
“The lapse of time during which a given event has not happened, is, in this logic of habit, constantly alleged as a… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
In contrast to our own social environment which brings out different aspects of human nature and often demonstrated that behavior which occurs… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“For more than forty years, Judith Martin has inspired the world with advice on etiquette excellence, proper behavior, and codes of conduct… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I get bored really easily. I get bored with people really easily. I get bored with routine easily. I don’t like things… — Susan Downey Copy Share Image
“there is only this world and that numbing routines and brief squabbles and financial worries are an essential part of it, that… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The important outcomes of schooling include not only the acquisition of new conceptual tools, refined sensibilities, a developed imagination, and new routines… — Elliot W. Eisner Copy Share Image
I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment… — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
I catch myself thinking 'Thank God For This' out of habit, and then I understand what he's so concerned about. What if… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I returned to my pillow and comforter, both of which I loved; they smelled like lavender, and were so cozy, poems should… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
“Our self-image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other. The word “habit” originally… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
“There is a code of behavior which has grown in Western societies which says every available minute must be filled with productive… — BusinessNews Publishing Copy Share Image
“Do you wonder then that this man’s behaviour used to puzzle me tremendously? He was an ordinary clergyman at that time as… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“According to Maximus the Confessor in "One Hundred Chapters of Love", the key to directing and increasing one's desire for God is… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
“There is an increasing (and disturbing) tendency of psychologists, biologists, and philosophers to Darwinize every aspect of human behavior, turning its study… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
“In behaviorism, an infant's talents and abilities didn't matter because there was no such thing as a talent or an ability. Watson… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Every job in the world has some built-in boredom. No man can stay excited about something every minute he is doing it.… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
“Some are filled with a compelling urge, a temptation that recycles in the mind, perhaps to become a habit, then an addiction.… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
If you're losing the battle against a persistent bad habit, an addiction, or a temptation, and you're stuck in a repeating cycle… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
When we walk the streets at night in safety, it does not strike us that this might be otherwise. This habit of… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
I'm never trying to make a statement about morality ever. If there's a statement to be made, it's "People are complicated. They… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
“Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do.… — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
If you do not pour water on your plant, what will happen? It will slowly wither and die. Our habits will also… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Our prototypical behavior has occurred. How was it influenced by events when the egg and sperm that formed that person joined, creating… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Behaviors and lifestyles that are classified as "normal" rarely get so generalized, public perception of heterosexual relationships, for instance, or of the… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“The practice which obtains amongst the Americans of fixing the standard of their judgment in themselves alone, leads them to other habits… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Memory is knowledge; character is the box of values and habits in which our knowledge knocks around. People with a lot of… — William Thorsell Copy Share Image
Forgiving someone does not mean you condone their behavior. The act of forgiveness takes place in your own mind. It really has… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
“Hee-hee-hee. I'm fine, reeeeally. Wanting to die is starting to be a habit for me. Don't worry about it, okay? Next week… — Mizuki Nomura Copy Share Image
The myth of motherhood as martyrdom has been bred into women, and behavioral scientists have helped embellish the myth with their ideas… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The habit of ignoring our present moments in favor of others yet to come leads directly to a pervasive lack of awareness… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“We send one species to the butcher and give our love and kindness to another apparently for no reason other than because… — Melanie Joy Copy Share Image
It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like taking responsibility for our… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you're a hermit on a mountain, you don't have to worry about etiquette; if somebody… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
“Jane Austen's narrative style seems to me to show (especially in the later novels) a curiously chameleon-like faculty; it varies in colour… — Mary Lascelles Copy Share Image
I've never been unfaithful outside 'Made In Chelsea.' I don't care what the reputation looks like. I was unfaithful on that television… — Spencer Matthews Copy Share Image
“The best way to analyze anyone consists in mirroring their behaviors and words, as when you do it they reveal their real… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
