Behavioral Quote by Ernst Mayr

Very little comes easily to our poor, benighted species (the first creature, after all, to experiment with the novel evolutionary inventions of self-conscious philosophy…

— Stephen Jay Gould

The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who…

— Cormac McCarthy

When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very…

— Srikumar Rao

I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. Peoples habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to…

— Harold E. Varmus

There are nature and nurture components to virtually every behavior a human experiences. The research effort lies only in finding the relevant percentages, not…

— John Medina

Reports that online cognitive behavioral treatment can be as effective as in-person psychotherapy suggest that technology will expand access, extend the impact of a…

— Thomas R. Insel

The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some…

— Carlo Ratti

How could economics not be behavioral? If it isn't behavioral, what the hell is it?

— Charlie Munger

[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there?

— Kenneth E. Boulding

I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as they are…

— S. Jay Olshansky

“The behavioral bias solution is a clear focus on disciplined and systematic investing. Stop with the discretion and trying to be smarter than your…

— Anonymous

Increased physical activity during the school day can help children's attention, classroom behavior, and achievement test scores. Meanwhile, the decline of play is closely…

— Darell Hammond

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

“Behavior is the critical in-store factor. It is widely recognized that it is more reliable to observe what people do than to ask them…

— Herb Sorensen

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