Behavior Quotes


All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived. John Boorman Behavior 180
But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication. Abraham Maslow Behavior 157
Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work. Cindy Sherman Behavior 110
Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. Boethius Behavior 110
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man. Edward Thorndike Behavior 97
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied. Vernon Howard Behavior 96
The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. Joan D. Vinge Behavior 93
The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization. Robert Anton Wilson Behavior 93
There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance. Thomas Pynchon Behavior 93
Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic. Philip Zimbardo Behavior 87
The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior. Bruce Henderson Behavior 86
I hope that there are no persons that would want to think ill of me in any direction or any behavior. Diahann Carroll Behavior 84
Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system. Rick Wagoner Behavior 83
Parents should monitor their behavior, know who their friends are, and keep track of what they do. John Walters Behavior 79
The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme. John Buford Behavior 79
Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to mutual benefit is something that ought to be very congenial to people in the libertarian tradition. Robert Nozick Behavior 77
These censorship people think something is going to promote behavior in people. Max Cannon Behavior 76
The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs. John Dos Passos Behavior 75
I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior, he said. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends. Chuck Colson Behavior 73
A lot of the interesting issues and dynamics within a city occur over things such as socio-economic issues or ethnic issues. But they require a much more elaborate model of human behavior. Will Wright Behavior 71
The orbs create feedback loops that can influence either personal of employee behavior. David Rose Behavior 69
Public behavior is merely private character writ large. Stephen Covey Behavior 67
It takes a lot of experience of life to see why some relationships last and others do not. But we do not have to wait for a crisis to get an idea of the future of a particular relationship. Our behavior in little every incidents tells us a great deal. Eknath Easwaran Behavior 66
Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey of some sort. Andrew Greeley Behavior 65
We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under external conditions, their mode of generation, and the whole course of their life. Theophrastus Behavior 63
I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes. Maynard James Keenan Behavior 54
Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior. Logan P. Smith Behavior 54
In a single moment, we witnessed the worst of human behavior. And in the next, the very best of human behavior. And even more, we witnessed the tremendous spirit of Americans. Jane D. Hull Behavior 47
Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective. Kenneth L. Pike Behavior 45
To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood. Natan Sharansky Behavior 41
Sexual behavior was also generally considered off limits. Roger Mudd Behavior 40
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. Zoe Lofgren Behavior 39
When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it. Howard Barker Behavior 39
It is always easier - and usually far more effective - to focus on changing your behavior than on changing the behavior of others. Bob Nelson Behavior 37
Convinced that behavior and conduct are every bit as important as skills and expertise, I sought to build the firm into an enduring, values-based institution. Marvin Bower Behavior 28

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