Best 941 quotes in «behavior quotes» category

There are some that are - REM Behavior Disorder, we'll see some court documented cases. And they really need to have a thorough evaluation with a sleep specialist.

There are wholes, the behavior of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by the intrinsic nature of the whole. It is the hope of Gestalt theory to determine the nature of such wholes.

The recycling of resource by the aggregate behavior of a diverse array of agents is much more than the sum of the individual actions.

There is a Greek word that is called "Praxis" and that means the integration of your beliefs with your behavior.

There is a perverse comfort zone to living a small life. For women, that zone has to do with the fact that we're less likely to be challenged, we're less likely to be criticized, we're less likely to be called angry or strident, if we simply go along and acquiesce to the prevailing patterns of thought and behavior.

There is no bravery in evil, no true courage in behavior that can only result in deep disappointment.

There is nothing so noble and so right as to play our human life well and fitly, nor anything so difficult to learn as how to livethis life well and according to Nature.

There is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual.

There isn't a single one of us who hasn't harvested either the positive or negative effects of a simple choice of behavior.

There's never been a rule of human behavior that hasn't been broken by someone, somewhere, sometime, in some circumstance mundane or spectacular. To be human is to transcend the rules.

There's a sense of urgency in understanding that your body is not really your own. We can control it to a certain extent through habits and good behavior, but there's so much we don't have control of.

There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance.

The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong.

The right of smokers to smoke ends where their behavior affects the health and well-being of others.

The sillier the market's behavior, the greater the opportunity for the business like investor.

The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God.

The social sciences are usually concerned with groups of persons rather than individual persons. The behavior of individuals, being free, is unpredictable.

The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called 'conditioning'. In operant conditioning we 'strengthen' an operant in the sense of making a response more probable or, in actual fact, more frequent.

The synergetic integral of the totality of all principles is God, whose sum-total behavior in pure principle is beyond our comprehension and is utterly mysterious to us, because as humans--in pure principle--we do not and never will know all the principles

The teacher's prime concern should be to ingrain into the pupil that assortment of habits that shall be most useful to him throughout life. Education is for behavior, and habits are the stuff of which behavior consists.

...the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office.

The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior.

The trendy management fads concentrate on antecedents, .. but the only thing that makes what you do (before a behavior) effective is its consistent pairing with a consequence. Antecedents get us going. Consequences keep us going.

The type of figleaf 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.

The television industry claims they are only reflecting society with their programming and have no influence on behavior. If that is the case then why do businesses spend millions on TV ads that have no influence?

The thing that has always interested me in the kinds of shows that I do have more to do with the consequences of behavior than the behavior itself. Pulling a trigger and shooting somebody, or dismembering somebody.

The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.

The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.

They are intent on making every conversation and every form of behaviour in the world known to them.

The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.

This hetero - normative behavior and herd mentality is dangerous. It's okay to be different.

This is a generation that is really detached from the core, human values that lead to dignity.

This script was just so much smarter than usual and I'm just fascinated by human behavior.

Time and time again we forget all too easily that nonviolent action embraces a wide and imaginative range of behavior which can always be stepped up.

Though our conduct seems so very different from that of the higher animals, the primary instincts are much alike in them and in us.

This self-defeating behavior, so the argument goes, must be the result of warped domestic politics.

True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes.

To become "memorable" do things that are somewhat unexpected. Dress, or talk, in ways that draw attention. And mostly, don't follow all the "rule for behavior" so closely.

To date, no convincing evidence for AGW (anthropogenic global warming) has been discovered. And recent global climate behavior is not consistent with AGW model predictions.

Today you may not be familiar with the happiness habit. But like any new behavior, happiness can be learned.

To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely.

To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.

To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.

True Christianity is to manifest genuinely Christ-like behavior by dependence on the working of the Spirit of God within.

True repentance involves a change of heart and not just a change of behavior.

Trying to act normal is the most unnatural behavior of all.

To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior may then be attributed to the oath.

Truly different behaviors require truly distinct situations.

Trump cannot change because in his mind, he has ALWAYS been rewarded for his boorish, stupid, arrogant behavior.

Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior.