Behavior Quotes

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Character starts with the alphabet. Letters: words: sentences Character is a function of languageâ€”a collection of errors and deviations that resonate with certain behaviors. As… — Noy Holland
For nearly a quarter of a century, I have been engaged in the investigation of the fundamentals of life, the material universe and human behavior.… — L. Ron Hubbard
The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor. — Paulo Freire
The behavior and reactions of the oppressed, which lead the oppressor to practice cultural invasion, should evoke from the revolutionary a different theory of action.… — Paulo Freire
Well-meaning, decent people will condemn the behavior of a Ted Bundy, while they're walking past a magazine rack full of the very kinds of things… — Ted Bundy
Guilt? It's this mechanism we use to control people. It's an illusion. It's a kind of social control mechanism -- and it's very unhealthy. It… — Ted Bundy
To me, every fundamentalist Muslim, no matter how peaceable in his own behavior, is part of a murderous movement and is thus, in some fashion,… — Daniel Pipes
We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now… — Neil Strauss
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied. — Vernon Howard
One way to eliminate self negating thoughts and behavior is by gaining more understanding through realizing that you cannot force others to see that what… — Iyanla Vanzant
Working with drug addicts, alcoholics, and so-called juvenile delinquents in New York City convinced me that instead of working with individuals, more effective methods would… — Jacque Fresco
Human behavior is subject to the same laws as any other natural phenomenon. Our customs, behaviors, and values are byproducts of our culture. No one… — Jacque Fresco
Crime is based upon need, making money. Â People sell drugs to make money. Â But if everybody is cared for, they don't sell drugs… — Jacque Fresco
Much of a behavior acceptable today would be socially offensive in a saner or more logical arrangement. — Jacque Fresco
A Resource-Based Economy is in the application of the methods of science with human concern and environmental concern. If we used the scientific method throughout… — Jacque Fresco
The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact… — Bill Crawford
Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself. — Alfie Kohn
Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior. — Alfie Kohn
The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior. — Alfie Kohn
The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false conception come true.… — Robert K. Merton

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