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Quotes About Behavior

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
~ Otto von Bismarck
I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.
~ Bette Midler
I always try to be nice. I never want to be that person that anyone perceives as being rude or disrespectful, 'cause that's not me at all.
~ Khalid
I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.
~ Jason Mraz
When you're good at controlling your own emotions, you can disguise your true feelings. When you know what others are feeling, you can tug at their heartstrings and motivate them to act against their own best interests.
~ Adam Grant
If we can't behave and speak in tune with our values, then they aren't really our values.
~ Luciana Berger
I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out.
~ Garry Shandling
Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers.
~ Elayne Boosler
If Turkish or Moroccan boys misbehave here, it's up to us to re-educate them and, when necessary, to punish them.
~ Pim Fortuyn
Here in Russia,, in many cities, people are irritated by Caucasian intrusion. Caucasians come from foreign countries; they are ubiquitous: in markets, shops, hotels, restaurants. They misbehave, and in this sense we have feelings similar to those that the Germans have toward the Turks and the French toward Algerians.
~ Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
~ Saint Teresa of Avila
Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.
~ Michael Jackson
Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I'll tell you who you are. Some turn their food into fat and manure, some into work and good humour, and others, I'm told, into God. So there must be three sorts of men.
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
Lack of etiquette and manners is a huge turn off. Men who don't behave decently are irritating. Also, I don't like guys who show off. When will guys realize that girls hate showoffs!
~ Shraddha Kapoor
If you're an app, how do you keep people hooked? Turn yourself into a slot machine.
~ Tristan Harris
It's really shocking to see what the military can do, strip you of any personality, turn you into an aggressive, sociopathic sadist before even going into a battlefield.
~ Abby Martin
There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.
~ Douglas Coupland
It's very difficult to make a 100% turnaround. It's tough when you actually do exhibit patterns of bad behavior. You need to have a very strong support system of people who are willing to keep you in your place if you're going to overcome these things.
~ Daniel Cormier
'Heaven's Gate' was based on a true story about the cattle people: the people who had the money turned on the settlers who were in the area. And it was mainly a defense of their behavior. And the cattlemen's association had just about declared war on these people who were poaching cattle, and because they were mainly immigrants.
~ Kris Kristofferson
All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology into behavior, those are all stabs at something that can't be taught. All the great actors can't talk about what they do, and they don't want to begin to talk about it. They just do it.
~ Mike Nichols
High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency.
~ Rodney Stark
Our knowledge of animals and their behaviour has come a long way. We can no longer justify imprisoning them, robbing them of everything that is natural and important to them and turning them into objects of ridicule for our amusement.
~ Ann Widdecombe
I think I am becoming obsessive-compulsive. David Beckham apparently turns all the Diet Coke cans in his fridge to face the same way every morning, and I nerdily sharpen all the pencils in my pot before sitting down to work.
~ Andrew O'Hagan
I'm a hugger of both men and women. As it turns out that those are taken in an offensive manner, I need to have a greater sense of awareness of what I am doing, and we will correct that, and I am taking those steps.
~ Bob Filner