Quotes About Behavior

It is unjust to provoke a man and then to complain he is a satyr if the provocation succeeds. You

Because they don't want to seem vulnerable. Humans have a lot of this attitude called 'pride,' which is sort of like the satisfaction you get when your machine performs correctly. Pride makes them act contrary to the way they really feel.

When dramatic organizational change is added to the normal levels of job insecurity, personality clashes, and political battling, the resulting chaotic milieu provides both the necessary stimulation and sufficient "cover" for psychopathic behavior.

The real problem for others is when narcissistic features, especially a sense of entitlement and a lack of empathy, shade into antisocial and destructive behaviors. When this happens, the pattern might be described as aggressive or malignant narcissism, which is difficult to distinguish from psychopathy.

The increase in cautious inaction among coworkers is another subtle but powerful effect that psychopathic behavior has on the organization.

At a basic level, a person with a personality disorder has a limited range of stereotyped "solutions" that he or she applies to most of the problems encountered in life.

After all, the English are really too much. One can't live in that constipated fashion forever.

his behavior there was a perfect balance between gentleness and violence that gave her particular delight.

cynicism enables you to do nothing but feel morally superior to those who are doing something good but imperfect in an imperfect

Jesus wasn't always nice. I'm nice. I'm not like Jesus.

avoiding anger governs our ability to do damage, it also limits our ability to do good.

posture appropriate for a formal interview is not the posture assumed when talking with a friend. Posture seems well under control and successfully managed when someone is deceiving. I and others studying

In many deceits the victim overlooks the liar's mistakes, giving ambiguous behavior the best reading, collusively helping to maintain the lie, to avoid the terrible consequences of uncovering the lie.

Lack of empathy is associated with intelligence, to the point that there is even something of a fashion for it in some places. But

All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.

while we may congratulate ourselves on the strength of our political institutions, in the end institutions consist of people and fulfill their roles only as long as the people in them respect their intended purpose. Rule of law depends not just on what is written down, but also on the behavior of those who interpret and enforce that rule.

Men act as if we just crawled from the swamp, our webbed feet dripping brackish water as we waddle ashore, seeking to mate with a female or, lacking that, a warm patch of mud.

It is as if, in response to the creation of digital networks, we are changing our behaviour to become not just networked individuals but 'network animals'.

It's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder.

Do as others do, not as they say. Sometimes, what people tell you to do with stocks is not as revealing as what people are actually doing. This is why I like to look at company insiders before I buy or sell a particular stock.

We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways.

Drunk people, loud people, obvious and angry people, people stammering and stumbling, spilling drinks and scarfing small burned sausages and cheese cubes on toothpicks. They had surrendered all power and direction, they they were yelling and gasping. They strengthened me. I did not want to be that way. I stood calmer, observing them.

His employees must show some respect, even if"—he smiled—"even if they do not feel it in their hearts.

I came to see that for him, for most sociopaths, he had no memory—took no responsibility for anything he'd said or done—had no past, no history, it never happened. Memory is essential to conscience; he had no conscience.