Quotes About Behavior

Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as "every decent fellow must behave," he is like a sheep in the herd. It

Human action is purposeful behavior. Or we may say: Action is will put into operation and transformed into an agency, is aiming at ends and goals, is the ego's meaningful response to stimuli and to the conditions of its environment, is a person's conscious adjustment to the state of the universe that determines his life.

Society does not exist apart from the thoughts and actions of people. It does not have "interests" and does not aim at anything. The same is valid for all other collectives.

A importância dos julgamentos de valor consiste precisamente no fato de que são fontes da ação humana. Guiado por suas avaliações, o homem tenta substituir as condições que julga menos satisfatórias por condições que lhe agradem.

If one treats men like cattle, one cannot squeeze out of them more than cattle-like performances.

The alcoholic and the drug addict harm only themselves by their behavior; the person who violates the rules of morality governing mans life in society harms not only himself, but everyone.

If people never did silly things, then nothing intelligent would ever get done.

I stopped trying to figure out American juries around the same time Adam Sandler movies started raking in millions at the box office--people just don't act predictably.

desperate people often do things that they normally would not do

It turns out that the more you repeat the same action, no matter how reprehensible, the more you can make an excuse for it in your own mind.

I can't watch someone cook without helping. It's a genetic abnormality.

What people said they would do and what people actually did were two very different things.

Nothing in pack behavior suggests that food should be convenient rather than carefully chosen.

Repeat the same action over and over again, and eventually it will feel right. Eventually, there isn't even any guilt.

It didn't matter if they were black or white or Mexican, they all grew up with a sense of entitlement that was sickening. Everybody owed them something. They assumed they could talk to the law the same way they talked to their friends because the world had gone soft and they knew it. Everything was tolerated because nobody was at fault.

Commandment 7: It's important to look for changes in a person's behavior that can signal changes in thoughts, emotions, interest, or intent.

Often when people say something they shouldn't have, people nearby will touch or scratch their closed eyelid—this is a good indicator that something improper was uttered. You see this often with politicians when one misspeaks and another catches it.

Neck touching and/or stroking is one of the most significant and frequent pacifying behaviors we use in responding to stress. When women pacify using the neck, they often do so by covering or touching their suprasternal notch with their hand (see figure 7). The suprasternal notch is the hollow area between the Adam's apple and the breastbone that is sometimes referred to as the neck dimple. When

Commandment 4: Learn to recognize and decode idiosyncratic nonverbal behaviors.

Men adjust their ties to deal with insecurities or discomfort. It also covers the suprasternal notch.

Commandment 6: Always try to watch people for multiple tells—behaviors that occur in clusters or in succession.

Blocking behaviors may manifest in the form of closing the eyes, rubbing the eyes, or placing the hands in front of the face. The person may also distance herself from someone by leaning away, placing objects (a purse) on her lap, or turning her feet toward the nearest exit.

predators and habitual liars actually engage in greater eye contact than most individuals, and will lock eyes with you. Research clearly shows that Machiavellian people (for example, psychopaths, con men, and habitual liars) will actually increase eye contact during deception (Ekman, 1991, 141–142).

Analysis of her modus vivendi (how she lived)