Human Behavior Quotes

159 quotes by 139 authors

Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make… — B.F. Skinner
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. — Plato
Everyone who has observed human behavior for more than thirty continuous seconds seems to have noticed that people are strongly, perhaps even primarily, perhaps even… — Daniel Gilbert
Art is a well-articulated manifestation of an aspect of life. I have been privileged to view much of life through my cameras, making the journey… — Dennis Stock
It may be said that the basic characteristic of human behavior in general is that humans personally influence their relations with the environment and through… — Lev S. Vygotsky
There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it. — Simon Sinek
There are always patterns in everything, there are patterns in books, there are patterns in human behavior, there are patterns in success, there are patterns… — Jordan Belfort
Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned… — Jane Goodall
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
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
More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute… — Hyman Rickover
I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular. — Errol Morris
Stone tools are fossilized human behavior. — Louis Leakey
On the question of whether a behavioral science can in principle be constructed, we shall take no sides. That some kinds of human behavior can… — Anatol Rapoport
All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived. — John Boorman
Five minutes in an old book quickly reveals that most of what is being sold today as new insights into human behavior is merely the… — Roy H. Williams
Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man. — Mary McCarthy
Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it. — Yasuhiro Konishi
Together, the property rights and public choice schools show only that, if you start by assuming a purely individualistic model of human behavior and treat… — Paul Starr
Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me. — Amy Smart

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