The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
Evil isn't a cosmological riddle, only just selfish human behavior. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
It's always important for me as an actor to reflect human behavior for a sense of reality. — John Spencer Copy Share Image
This script was just so much smarter than usual and I'm just fascinated by human behavior. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
People will always prefer black-and-white over shades of grey, and so there will always be the temptation to hold overly-simplified beliefs and… — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
I understand that we should never lose our right to be offended, so I accept it. But for me it was always… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Problems of human behavior still continue to baffle us, but at least in the Library we have them properly filed. — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
I think that we have basically nothing in the field of human behavior. Maybe that is just a condition of temporary ignorance.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Every important cultural gesture comes down to a morality, a model for human behavior concentrated into a gesture. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
... People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even people with great minds and a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
“Men and women . . . do not ingest nutrients, they consume food. More than that, they . . . eat meals.… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Genes do not determine human behavior; they merely predispose people to act in certain ways. Genes explain a lot, probably far more… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
“Ignored...was the one unbridgeable gap between physics and any such science of human behavior: the surprises that arise from free will and… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of… — Ruth Hurmence Green Copy Share Image
One of the things we did at PayPal was collaborative filtering and machine learning: looking at patterns of human behavior. We used… — Max Levchin Copy Share Image
I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they… — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“The predisposition to religious belief is an ineradicable part of human behavior. Mankind has produced 100,000 religions. It is an illusion to… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it. Very few people or… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“We wrote Shift Ahead to document how the smartest companies and organizations shift their strategies in order to stay relevant in the… — Allen Adamson Copy Share Image
It would be rash to conclude that, on balance, the environment of the globe as a whole is either deteriorating or improving,… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
“There comes a time in a man's life, if he is unlucky and leads a full life, when he has a secret… — John O'Hara Copy Share Image
“Do you believe yourself in love with Deveaux?” He snarled the words. Between gritted teeth, he said, “It’s emblazoned on your pretty… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
“In the field of behavioral economics, neoliberalism allows that human behavior often deviates from the model of Homo economicus. The deviations considered,… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
“Most people spend the majority of their lives in fear, focused on themselves, casting everyone around them as bad guys. They almost… — Kimberly Giles Copy Share Image
I think acting has made me very in tune with human behavior and myself as well. — Scoot McNairy Copy Share Image
Hold the mirror up to nature. Human behavior is worthy of examination and celebration. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
What is human behavior, except trying to prove that we're not animals? — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work. — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
As a novelist, I'm endlessly fascinated by human behavior and interactions. — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me. — Amy Smart Copy Share Image