Behavior Quote by Dan Ariely Download Open image “But suppose we are nothing more than the sum of our first, naive, random behaviors. What then?” — Dan Ariely ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behavior Firsts Habits
Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will. — Peter Singer 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. But it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small the chance… — Vann Chow Copy Share Image
If what we learn is no more than what we expect to learn, then we have learned nothing at all. — John H. Lienhard Copy Share Image
Behavior is a virus. We spread our behavior to those around us, whether passively or on purpose. — Justin Kan Copy Share Image
The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone… — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
Human behavior is messy and unpredictable and unconcerned with convenient symmetries. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
How small we humans are. All our scrambling around, trying to buttress ourselves against death. All our efforts to insulate ourselves against uncertainty with… — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better… — John Green Copy Share Image
If we become aware of what's happening before we act, behaviour becomes a function of choice rather than a result of an impulse or… — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We learn the social norms of our society and modify our behaviour accordingly. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
If you think of people as making decisions actively, every time we think about the cup of coffee, we say, "How much will I… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“[..] we human beings are ready and willing to steal something that does not explicitly reference monetary value - that is, something that lacks… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“Contrafreeloading,” a term coined by the animal psychologist Glen Jensen, refers to the finding that many animals prefer to earn food rather than simply… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
One of the big lessons from behavioral economics is that we make decisions as a function of the environment that we're in. — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Not all debt is bad. From time to time we should get into debt when there's a good reason for that. — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“This result suggests that cheating is not driven by concerns about standing out. Rather, it shows that our sense of our own morality is… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“ONE OF THE main differences between standard and behavioral economics involves this concept of “free lunches.” According to the assumptions of standard economics, all… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Money is all about opportunity cost. Every time you spend on something, that's something you can't spend on something else. — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
The people that lend you money basically give you an answer based on the risk that they are willing to take. But just because… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“Upton Sinclair once noted, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”)” — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
If you get people to feel that they are putting something, that they are creating it and so on, their love for the project… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I now know that deep within the human concept is something dark, selfish, and completely willing to do whatever is necessary to support the… — Melissa West Copy Share Image
“We are endowed with genes which code out our reaction to beavers and otters, maybe our reaction to each other as well. We are… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion… — Burne Hogarth Copy Share Image
You don't put milk in chamomile tea - that's disgusting behavior! That's not right. — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or, more precisely,… — J. Willard Gibbs Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I think we've told a lot of lies about human behavior through film. — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image