Quotes About Behavior

Those ruffians, the Gods, shan't have it all their own way, - her notion being that the Gods, who never lost a chance of hurting, thwarting and spoiling human lives were seriously put out if, all the same, you behaved like a lady.

The lovely thing about humanity is that at times one may be unaware of doing right, but one is always aware of doing wrong.

Who grins in official circumstances?

I can only explain my behaviour then by the mechanism of that dream vacuum wherein revolves a deranged mind.

Si me llevan a la muerte, recuerden, cuando lo hagan, que sólo un arrebato de locura podría darme la fuerza bruta para comportarme como una bestia.

To tip the cognitive hurdle fast, tipping point leaders such as Bratton zoom in on the act of disproportionate influence: making people see and experience harsh reality firsthand. Research in neuroscience and cognitive science shows that people remember and respond most effectively to what they see and experience: "Seeing is believing." In the realm of experience, positive stimuli reinforce behavior, whereas negative stimuli change attitudes and behavior. Simply

You have to watch your language. People will think you have no fucking class

Emphasizing the crowd means de-emphasizing individual humans in the design of society, and when you ask people not to be people, they revert to bad, mob-like behaviors.

The most important distinction between aggression and assertion is its intent. During assertion, we move ourselves toward another; during aggression, we move ourselves against another.

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

You look like Eidolon," she said quietly. "But you're so different." He grunted. "All Seminus demons are nearly identical to their siblings, but our behavior varies because we're raised by different species." "But . . . Wraith. He's blond." "Bleached." "His eyes are blue." "That's because they aren't his." "They aren't his eyes?"

You don't appreciate confidence?" "I don't appreciate arrogance. There's a difference." "And what is the difference?" "Confidence is arrogance without an asshole

The foundation of changing behavior is linking rewards to performance and making the linkages transparent.

The behavior of a business's leaders is, ultimately, the behavior of the organization. As such, it's the foundation of the culture.

We don't think ourselves into a new way of acting, we act ourselves into a new way of thinking.

If you have leaders with the right behavior, a culture that rewards execution, and a consistent system for getting the right people in the right jobs, the foundation is in place for operating and managing each of the core processes effectively.

There's a saying we recently heard: We don't think ourselves into a new way of acting, we act ourselves into a new way of thinking.

More than habits, often based in culture and tradition, norms are regularities in behavior to which people generally conform (Ullmann-Margalit, 1990).

Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.

You know who wears sunglasses inside? Blind people and assholes.

When I'm in social situations I always hold onto my glass. It makes me feel comfortable and secure, and I don't have to shake hands

She was breaking the rules! She wasn't following the rules of society ... The unwritten rules that we have as we go about our day. Like at night, you tiptoe, that's an unwritten rule, you tiptoe, so you don't wake people up, there's no sign 'TIPTOE', you just have to be smart enough and considerate enough to do it.

Everybody knows what they want. They just won't examine their behavior closely enough and see what it means.