Agency Quote by Albert Bandura

Only in action can you fully realize the forces operative in social behavior. That is why I am an experimentalist.

— Stanley Milgram

The sad truth is that many behavioral economists know very little about psychology.

— Richard Thaler

Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.

— Abraham Maslow

People regulate their level and distribution of effort in accordance with the effects they expect their actions to have. As a result, their behavior…

— Albert Bandura

The theory that everyone acts from self-interest, direct or indirect, is psychologically unsound. . . . Throughout history . . . there have been…

— Corliss Lamont

Social cognitive theory rejects the dichotomous conception of self as agent and self as object. Acting on the environment and acting on oneself entail…

— Albert Bandura

Skills make you rich, not theories.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

— Constantin Brancusi

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

— Edith Hamilton

Thinking about how disturbingly herdlike people become in so many different contexts—mimetic theory forces you to think about that, which is knowledge that’s generally…

— Peter Thiel

Belief that influences behavior influences results.

— Tom Herman

People who lack self-regulation are often invasive of others. They can be perceived as being controlling, antagonistic, or even subversive.

— Chip Espinoza