Quotes About Behavior

Did the crows' bill shape and specialized vision predispose them to tool crafting and use? Or did their tool-use behavior in response to unusual ecological opportunity—those delicious hidden grubs—gradually shape their visual system and bills? This is the sort of mysterious causal relationship biologists both love and hate.

he politely didn't lock her in a basement and

The courtesy was innate, based not simply on good manners, which could be taught, but on concern for other people, which was learned only by constant example.

After you've worked in a hotel, there's nothing about human nature you don't know.

If you can't be a good example, then be a terrible warning.

People drink more when they're sad.

Go round cringing like a dog, Matt," he said, "and folks will treat you like one. Stand up like a man, and they'll treat you like a man." That was fine for Weaver, but I wondered sometimes, How exactly do you stand up like a man when you're a girl?

I'm not snapping," I snapped.

One must always steer clear of men who sweat when it isn't warm.

Murder is not a suitable topic of conversation for a young lady.

Humans are selfish creatures who can always be counted on to do the wrong thing.

Los libros de historia dicen que los reyes, los duques o los generales son quienes empiezan las guerras. No te lo creas. Las empezamos nosotros, tú y yo. Cada vez que le damos la espalda a alguien, que guardamos silencio, que no nos metemos, que nos portamos bien.

But you are right, being stupid is not illegal. Otherwise half this town would be behind bars.

Finally he said, "I am sorry for it. His mama didn't teach him right." My mama didn't teach me right either, I thought, and I don't act that way. I kept rocking.

There is nothing original about human behavior.

All vibes are good in thought, Its the actions of ones thought that predict the status outcome.

What is it with boys and fighting? I am amazed any of them get to be grown-ups the way they're always going at it.

I was feeling the height of bitchiness.

Miss Hepplewhite looked pained. "Miss Peck," she said at last, "a young lady should never, ever, under any circumstances whatsoever, run. Should you find yourself in a situation where you are at risk, it is always preferable to faint.

we lied half as much as grown-ups do, we'd be in time-out forever.

Children's behavior that we find disruptive or hurtful isn't "mis" anything. We may find it annoying, troubling, or infuriating, but it isn't intrinsically "bad" or "wrong." On the contrary, a child's behavior is exceedingly accurate. It is at once a true expression of their need at a particular moment as well as a reflection of their current ability to meet that need.

You have no right to tell me-" "You do not want to finish that sentence, missy. You want to sit down, close your mouth, and eat." "How am I supposed to eat with my mouth closed?

I'm just saying that statistically, a psychopath is more likely to end up as a CEO than a serial killer.

Everything you said or did was a data point you put out there in the world.