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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship

How small we humans are. All our scrambling around, trying to buttress ourselves against death. All our efforts to insulate ourselves against uncertainty with codes of behavior and meaningless busyness.

I always find you go back to an animal; it will always show you the sort of primal aspects of behavior. You always know how to respond if you choose that.

Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.

Human behavior is timeless.

Human action is purposeful behavior.

Human behavior is messy and unpredictable and unconcerned with convenient symmetries.

I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity.

I always say centered food equals centered behavior.

I am put on my best behavior, which means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior.

I am a victim of my own behavior.

I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular.

I cannot tolerate my bad behavior in another person for 10 seconds

I believe that the behavior of too many of our corporations investment bankers and fund managers has jeopardized some of the trust that investors have had. It's not the economic engine that we need to focus on, but the need to make sure that our investors receive their fair share of the returns that that great economic system produces.

Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.

Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do.

I didn't have a ton of role models back in 1998. So, when I was looking to get in, it was really just looking up at all the men who were out there. When you're not seeing women - when you're breaking into anything - it's like, "Well, this is what the men do and how they act, so we're going to just emulate that behavior.

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

I can see patterns in events, and behaviors; in mathematics, I follow slower

I could not kick heroin to save my life, literally, until I started telling my secrets. It was some of the clearest evidence I've ever found of anything. It was the only immediate change in behavior I've ever undergone. I told the most frightening truths, and I was free.

I don't like too much by-standing, on-looking, and spectator-behavior in people's lives.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'

I don't want people to be inspired or offended by what I do. If you determine your behavior by what [other people] want, you're screwed.

I don’t want traffic behavior, I want social behavior.

I don't judge people by their theology, I judge them by their behavior

If I could control the behavior of fat guys I would make them ride mopeds more often.

If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.

I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.

If the other persons behavior is not in harmony with my own needs, the more I empathize with them and their needs, the more likely I am to get me own needs met.

If the president Donald Trump had connected the Jerusalem question to some other positions, linking it to Israeli and Palestinian behavior or putting the Jerusalem statement in a larger context of U.S. policy, it could have potentially advanced the peace process. But I don't see how singling it out might help.

If we studied human beings which can include human genes, human blood samples, and human behavior, then you can leave the animals out of the labs and you can leave them off your plate.

If you don't have a conscience, what is your behavior like? Apparently, if you don't have a conscience, if you don't really . . . love, then the only thing that's left for you is the game - it's about controlling things.

If you're looking for like, a pure base for your behavior on stage, maybe it's better to say, "Yeah, you're not obliged to pretend. But, you're also obliged to not pretend." So you have access to both sides, if you will. It's never a pure binary thing, but you can pretend. If you have total agency as a performer, then both are at your disposal.

If your partner asks you if something bothers you, and something bothers you, the best thing you can do is say, "Yes, it bothers me." Otherwise you create a situation where they think everything is fine, continue with the offending behavior, while you build up a secret reservoir of resentment that will eventually come pouring out, to their shock.

If you take control of your behavior, your emotions will fall into place.

I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.

I guess what I get excited about when I'm thinking about projects is that toothy, complex area of goodness and badness and the gray areas of human behavior and existence.

I don't think anybody can be held accountable or responsible for anyone's behaviors expect the individual. This goes beyond that particular situation.

If someone is starving, excessively exercising or using purging behaviors, then we know they are in a high-risk place for turning on the psychiatric illnesses.

If we repeal Obamacare, it's the Wild West, and then you're gonna see the traditional manner and behavior of Washington kick into gear and start trying to craft something.

If you are going to be catty, you have to be careful with whom you do it, and in what manner! It's the kind of behavior that is best kept behind closed doors.

If you are a libertine, if you're not given to long-term faithful relationships, you tend to project your behavior onto everyone else. It's like the person who knows they're not trustworthy; they tend to mistrust everyone else.

If you are open with someone, he will be open with you. If you want love from someone, give your love to him. If you want kind and sympathetic behavior from someone, be kind and sympathetic to him.

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.

I hate being on my best behavior. It brings out the absolute worst in me.

If you can stop using substance or stop your addictive behavior for extended periods of time without craving, you are not dependent. You are dependent only if you can't stop without physical or psychological distress (you have unpleasant physical and/or psychological withdrawal symptoms) or if you stop and then relapse.

I have friends in politics who really put the friendship to the test through their behavior.

I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.

I like analyzing human behavior. It's complex. That's what keeps me going.