Quotes About Behavior

The costs of keeping secrets include our growing isolation due to fear of detection and the ways we shut down inside to avoid feeling the effects of our behavior. We can never afford to be truly seen and known—even by ourselves.

As we have seen, by the time it ended, nearly 4 million Bengalis starved to death in the 1943 famine. Nothing can excuse the odious behaviour of Winston Churchill, who deliberately ordered the diversion of food from starving Indian civilians to well-supplied British soldiers and even to top up European stockpiles in Greece and elsewhere. 'The starvation of anyway underfed Bengalis is less serious' than that of 'sturdy Greeks', he argued.

Hinduism as a faith might espouse tolerance, this does not necessarily mean that all Hindus behave tolerantly.

It's a matter of respect for yourself, say's Antwon. Because if you act like it's okay, then nobody going to respect you, and you ain't even going to respect yourself, which is worse, 'cause it gives you, like, this smell in the streets where other people can tell that you're weak.

until Eric had explained that it was really just an excuse for a guy to rub his penis all over a girl and not get slapped in the face. After that

Our position in life should never determine our posture in service.

When we assume that God's love is based on our behavior we've set ourselves up for a devastating fall.

Yes. Do you know people who are really nice, but when they get together with somebody in particular, they become obnoxious jerks?

It seems ridiculous, but when people are self-righteous, they really tend to prefer punishment to prevention.

Kadang sebuah kelompok kurang cerdas dibanding seorang individu. Lihat saja orang-orang: satu persatu mereka bisa sangat pintar, tapi gabungkan mereka dalam satu kelompok yang tidak terorganisir bisa menimbulkan huru-hara, terutama jika ada insiden yang menghasut. Di lain kesempatan sebuah kelompok menunjukkan perilaku yang lebih pintar daripada seorang individu, seperti yang terjadi di sini dengan para semuat atau sekawanan lebah.

The world is divided by two different tribes. The people who are assholes and the people who are not.

What's the difference between bulimics and anorexics? I ask. Anorexics are anorexics all the time, she says, I'm only bulimic when I'm throwing up. Wow. She sounds just like my dad! I'm only an alcoholic when I get drunk. There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. Penelope gorges on her pain and then throws it up and flushes it away. My dad drinks his pain away. (107)

We didn't domesticate cats. They domesticated themselves. But not totally, you know? You take a good look at any house cat, and you can tell there's eventually going to be a day when it goes back wild, you know? When it reverts to its true nature. You fall over and die in a house with your dog, and your dog will lie down beside your dead body, maybe right on top of it, and starve to death. But a house cat will feast on your eyes as soon as its stomach starts growling.

F]rank knew he was guilty of arrogance and misanthropy, but he compensated by being kind to strangers and tipping really well at restaurants.

The world is only broken into two tribes: The people who are assholes and the people who are not." I

all about reaction as opposed to action.

Alright, you'll get your bonus, buy play nice with her. Keep your sarcasm to a minimum. (Kyrian) Yes, O Great Lord and Master. Be nice to woman, keep mouth shut. (Nick)

People are basically irritating. Myself included.

I swear, Daimons or not, if you don't behave, Z, I'm going to send you to Antarctica and leave you there to rot. (Acheron) Ooo. I'm terrified. Those killer penguins and hairy seals are really scary. (Zarek)

So what do wolves do to date?" Nick asked. "We don't date," Vane said. "When a woman is in season, we fight for her and then she picks who mounts her." Nick gaped. "Are you kidding? You don't have to buy her dinner? You mean you don't even have to talk to her?" He turned to Acheron. "Dayam, Ash, make me a wolf.

it is by our actions that we are destroyed or saved. The choice is ours.

Now that I think about it, you'd have to be a glutton for punishment to keep coming near me given my acerbic personality where you're concerned. (Tory)

How do you know all this? Jeez, Tory, you're a kid. Act like it. (Geary) (Tory reached out and punched her on the arm.) Ow! What was that for? (Geary) Unexpected and irrational emotional outbursts. Isn't that what teenagers are supposed to do? Oh, and sulk. A lot. (Tory)

Then Olympus it is. But do try to behave. I know it's hard for you, but… (Delphine) I won't piss on the floor. (Jericho) It's not the floor I'm worried about. It's their cornflakes. (Delphine)