Quotes About Behavior

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.

In this constant battle which we call living, we try to set a code of conduct according to the society in which we are brought up, whether it be a Communist society or a so-called free society; we accept a standard of behaviour as part of our tradition as Hindus or Muslims or Christians or whatever we happen to be.

Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.

An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their behavior - is an elite class that will plunder, degrade, and cheat at will, and act endlessly to fortify its own power.

One thing that really gets on my nerves is people spitting on the streets! I fail to understand whether they are just plain uncivilized or uninformed about how the act only helps in spreading diseases.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.'

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.

Passive aggressors who are adept at this will have trained themselves to remain calm, while you get irritated and emotional.

Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa. For example, I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

While there have been terrific advances in the state of technology around heuristics, behavior blocking, and things like that, technology is only a part of the approach to solving the problem with the more important aspect involving putting the right process in place.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

I'm interested in non-fiction, but a form of it which is very badly behaved, which doesn't define itself as straight-ahead journalism or memoir. It blurs boundaries, plays fast and loose with the truth - not to be silly, whimsical or lazy, but to get greater purchase on what it feels like to be alive.

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.

Today's new age parenting guarantees you'll hear children screaming, whining, and begging for items and attention in an airplane, store or any other public place.

My 91-year-old great-grandma would get out of her chair and whip me if I start acting like I'm some star or something like that.

My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn't want to draw attention to herself.

In my culture, whispering in the company of others is considered rude.

Do you know, if I go to a Jewish school, them kids are quiet. If I go to a white school, them kids quiet. If I go to a Latino school, they quiet. The only kids that disrespect me is black kids. That's it - my own are the only ones that disrespect me.