Best 941 quotes in «behavior quotes» category

A lot of the hallmark behaviors of autism - flat affect, stimming, not looking someone in the eye - could very easily be misinterpreted as signs of guilt.

A lot of times, that asshole behavior is a cover for deep insecurities, and sometimes the deeper the insecurities, the bigger the asshole.

Also, I think that, you know, it's tribal behavior. I don't think that Pat Robertson, for instance, doubts that we evolved. He is simply representing a tribe.

Amateur production, the result of all this new capability, means that the category of ‘consumer’ is now a temporary behavior rather than a permanent identity

Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.

And as long as you’re making choices unconsciously, you can’t consciously choose to change that ineffective behavior and turn it into productive habits.

And now, Anubis, I find you in this den of iniquity, this morass of questionable behavior, this...this--' 'School?

And so, surpassing my own records for dangerous, reckless behavior, I ripped off Sonya's bracelet. "I'm Rose Hathaway.

A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.

Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.

Any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being evil.

An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness.

A person's behavior is rational if it is in his best interests, given his information

As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values.

Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed.

As for me, even though I have been accused of anti-Semitism countless times, no one has ever heard me make anti-Semitic statements or engage in anti-Semitic behavior.

Are we defined by our choices? Our behavior? Our actions? No. I don't believe that defines our worth.

As a novelist, I'm endlessly fascinated by human behavior and interactions.

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.

As premiums continue to skyrocket, we must ensure that health insurers are not engaging in anticompetitive behavior and unfairly driving up health care costs.

At least 260 species of animal have been noted exhibiting homosexual behavior but only one species of animal ever, so far as we know, has exhibited homophobic behavior - and that's the human being.

A system of metaphor (pointing to a higher power) that one takes inside oneself as the truth and through its rules one aligns ones inner and outer behavior, submitting ones ego or will to the will of a higher power.

A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.

At one of my lowest points, sugar had a painful grip on me. I'd buy/binge and then beat myself up over my behavior.

At the moment of insight, a potential pattern of organized behavior comes into being.

At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness.

Bad beliefs make bad behavior.

Autism is defined by looking at behaviors. And everybody looks at behaviors differently.

Barbara Parkins was so rude and petty all of the time. I just found her behavior to be so silly.

Because of such conjointedness, behavior that exerts no effect whatsoever on outcomes is developed and consistently performed

Basically, most good science in space flight has to do with the behavior of the human body in space. That is where we are lacking info, and where info can only be obtained by flying in space.

Behavior is ultimately the product of the brain, the most mysterious organ of them all.

Behavior is a much better barometer of what you are than words.

Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.

Behavior must also be adequately assessed under appropriate circumstances. Ill-defined global measures of perceived self-efficacy or defective assessments of performance will yield discordances. Disparities will also arise when efficacy is judged for performances in actual situations but performance is measured in simulated situations that are easier to deal with than the actualities

Behavior of such cunning cruelty that only a human being could have thought of or contrived it we call 'inhuman,' revealing thus some pathetic ideal standard for our species that survives all betrayals.

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.

Behavior is the outcome of the battle among internal systems.

Behavior is determined by its consequences.

Behavior is the perpetual revealing of us. What a man does, tells us what he is.

Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image. [Ger., Das Betragen ist ein Spiegel in welchem jeder sein Bild zeigt.]

Behavior, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.

Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous.

Be yourself. If something you do doesn't work, don't do it the next time. Listen to yourself - you know what appropriate behavior is.

Boxing and wrestling are evidence that mankind has not rid itself of all savage behavior.

Blaming our behavior on forces outside ourselves is a way of avoiding responsibility.

Boldness is behavior born out of belief.

but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.