Behavior Quotes

Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern his original and acquired ways of response, his behavior, what he is an outside observer.

Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey of some sort.

Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems.

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.

My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.

So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any of that.

Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself.

Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time we take a step forward we go back to the same primitive behavior. We're meant to be this way. It's not our fault, it's just who we are.

If I have a question about women and their behavior or attitudes, I always double check things with Lucy.

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes.

I've always been someone who really watches other people, human behavior. To watch it and be able to express it through your version has always been really exciting to me.

War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.

They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge.

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.

In the last 15 years, only 500,000 jobs have been created per year. So from a long time ago, every year 700,000 Mexicans have only three routes to take: migration, the informal economy and the path to antisocial behavior.

Obama's view of the tax code is inherently political: Whom can we hit next? Energy companies, jet owners, bankers? Instead, the question should be how to promote economic efficiency by raising revenue without trying to manipulate corporate or personal behavior.

I spend a lot of my time trying to draw the attention of actors to the minute and subtle details of human behavior, which was the sort of thing I was looking at when I was a neurologist.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.

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.

Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it.

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications.

Anything that changes your values changes your behavior.

It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person who most exemplifies the kind of organization and behavior required who is best able to create the conditions such organizations require.

No one is more sentimentalized in America than mothers on Mother's Day, but no one is more often blamed for the culture's bad people and behavior.

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.

As financial markets continue to broaden and deepen, the behavior of asset prices will play an important role in the formulation of monetary policy going forward, perhaps a more important role than in the past.