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Quotes About Behavior

De todos los animales, el hombre es el único que es cruel. Es el único que infringe dolor por el placer de hacerlo.
~ Mark Twain
This, together with his hanging his coat on the floor on one side of a chair, and his vest on the floor on the other side, and piling his pants on the floor just in front of the same chair, and then contemplating the general result with superstitious awe, and finally pronouncing it "too many for him" and going to bed with his boots on, led us to fear that something he had eaten had not agreed with him.
~ Mark Twain
but the widow she didn't scold, but only cleaned off the grease and clay, and looked so sorry that I thought I would behave awhile if I could.
~ Mark Twain
Everybody lies--every day; every hour; awake; asleep; in his dreams; in his joy; in his mourning; if he keeps his tongue still, his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude, will convey deception--and purposely. Even in sermons--but that is a platitude.
~ Mark Twain
Thankfully, though, personalities are not born ugly; they are learned ugly
~ Mark Twain / Philip Stead
Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.
~ Markus Zusak
Each boy stood, slouched yet stiff, hands in pockets. If the dog had pockets, she'd have had her paws in them, too, for sure.
~ Markus Zusak
We grew up together, which is the only reason we're friends. He's actually got a lot of other acquaintances, too, for a few reasons. The first is that he plays soccer in winter and has mates from there. The second and main reason is that he carries on like an idiot. Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.
~ Markus Zusak
I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me.
~ Markus Zusak
Mesele eski arkada??n, daha iyi bir arkada? olmas? de?ildir. Sadece o ki?iyi daha iyi tan?rs?n?z ve zavall? bir budala gibi davranman?zdan rahats?z olmayaca??n? bilirsiniz.
~ Markus Zusak
I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me.
~ Markus Zusak
You can do all manner of underhanded nice things when you have a caustic reputation. It worked.
~ Markus Zusak
That's the sort of thing i'll never know, or comprehend- what humans are capable of
~ Markus Zusak
There are just people going about what they always do. Talking. Parking crooked.
~ Markus Zusak
Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.
~ Markus Zusak
Avete mai notato che gli idioti hanno un sacco di amici?
~ Markus Zusak
Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity.
~ Marshall McLuhan
People who go to the Opera, they don't go to the toilet, not even at home.
~ Martin Amis
it is not places that are dangerous, but people
~ Martin Cohen
Understanding how people arrive at their opinions and conclusions gives insights into what people say and think — and can even help you anticipate people's behaviour and responses in advance.
~ Martin Cohen
We take you at your word: you are like us; now that we've 'let you in,' we expect that in your gratitude you won't pull any surprises and start behaving like some subspecies that you've assured us you're not; if we now say it's OK to be gay, we don't expect you to pull the rug out from under us and start acting queer .
~ Martin Duberman
Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but... groups tend to be more immoral than individuals.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Through education we seek to change attitudes; through legislation and court orders we seek to regulate behavior. Through education we seek to change internal feelings (prejudice, hate, etc.); through legislation and court orders we seek to control the external effects of those feelings.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.