Quotes About Behavior

But it is this peculiar behaviour of the gravity spring which enables the universe to have zero total energy.

relativity, and how to make sense of bizarre quantum mechanical behaviour — were considered in my previous book. I am pleased to say that this new book is going to propose a potentially simple solution to many of the remaining problems. Forces

instead of time defining the behaviour of a clock, the light clock essentially defines time!

Biology does not make a man a father--nor a woman a mother. We are what we do.

the wisdom of crowds is sometimes overwhelmed by the madness of mobs.

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

Aga jah, Juku, selles on sul õigus küll, et eks see lugemine ole tõesti üks harjumus, sihuke harjumus, mis jääb külge ja pärast enam lahti ei saa, täpselt nagu suitsetamine. Aga suitsetamine on paha harjumus, lugemine on hea. Lugemise harjumus ei tee tervisele midagi. Suitsu sa teed?

The misfortune behaved in the eternal manner of misfortunes and hawks—it hung over them for some while waiting for an appropriate moment before it attacked.

Moje uznanie, Reinmarze. ?e? to, jak widz?, ?e uniwersytety mog? m?odzika nauczy? jeno pija?stwa, wszetecze?stwa i plugawej mowy. ?e?, zaprawd?.

I know you're almost forty, look almost thirty, think you're just over twenty and act as though you're barely ten. And being aware of this, I usually furnish you with precise instructions.

Don't do what you did during supper last time in front of her again.' 'You mean when I threw my fork at that rat?' 'No. I mean when you hit it, even in the dark.

it is in the nature of all violence to lead inevitably to crime.

Drinking standing up, in a rush and without due reverence, does not become the nobility.

O provérbio diz: a quem mal vive, o medo o segue.

A tak wÅ'aÅ›nie byÅ'o w przypadku dziewczynek urodzonych po za?mieniu, u których stwierdzono wrÄ™cz niepoczytalnÄ… skÅ'onno?? do okrucieÅ"stwa, agresji, gwaÅ'townych wybuchów gniewu, a tak?e wybujaÅ'y temperament. – U ka?dej baby mo?na stwierdzi? coÅ› takiego.

I know you're almost forty, look almost thirty, think you're just over twenty and act as though you're barely ten.

Our tendency is to try something a few times, and if it works, it gets reinforced, and we continue to do it; if it doesn't work, we abandon it. In psychology this is called the law of effects—we tend to keep doing things we are rewarded for doing. The opposite, however, is also true: we tend to avoid what punishes us or gives us pain.

negative, complaining, and disagreeable, other people stay away. And that person receives less encouragement and fewer opportunities — because no one wants to be around him.

Despite the ebb and flow of our feelings, we can control the way we act. Patience, for instance, is not a feeling. Patience is the description of a behavior. One can choose to act patiently even while the feeling of frustration tempts him to choose inappropriate behavior. It is impossible to feel frustrated and feel patient at the same time, but one can be inundated with feelings of frustration and still display patience. Patience is a discipline. It is an action. Patience is a chosen response.

Ain't misbehavin',I'm savin' my love for you.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.

Victims don't want to be proactive about changing—they want to be proactive about making sure that the person who hurt them pays. And so we spend our energy telling our sad stories rather than taking responsibility for our behavior. Thus we open the door of our hearts and welcome in the Trojan horse of bitterness. And it stands there, a monument, a constant reminder of a debt someone has yet to pay. Somebody owes us.

our nation's challenges do not stem from the church's inability to convince unbelievers to behave like believers. Our challenges stem from the church's inability to inspire believers to behave like believers.