Quotes About Behavior

Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.

Did the rhythm of the train on the tracks somehow unravel her and make her behave out of character? Was she altered in transit, when her feet were not upon the ground?

People are either attracted to the unseemly or disapproving of it, or both; yet we try to sound superior to the unseemly by pretending to be amused by it or indifferent to it.

A book feels true when it feels true, she said to him, impatiently. A book's true when you can say, 'Yeah! That's just how damn people behave all the time.

The prostitute became uncomfortable -- as if 'talk' were in a category of aberrant behavior, short of which she drew the line. 'You have to pay more for that,' the redhead said. 'Talk can go on for a long time.

The code of small towns is simple but encompassing: if many forms of craziness are allowed, many forms of cruelty are ignored. Piggy

Chlípnost dohání i ty nejlepÅ¡í muže tak daleko, že jednají zp?sobem, naprosto neodpovídajícím jejich charakteru.

Loving someone as a parent can produce a cloud that conceals from one's vision what correct behavior is.

Most self-destructive behavior is simply ridiculous—never mind how complexly compelled by personal demons.

La gente, persino le brave persone - ché certo Wally era una brava persona - facevano un sacco di critiche a qualcuno con cui poi si mostravano perfettamente affabili.

It was a reaction bred into her from childhood. That was an explanation, not an excuse. The reaction shamed her, and yet she seemed powerless to banish it or keep it from affecting her behavior.

Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.

Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.           CONFUCIUS

I always made an awkward bow.

Claude puede ser amable y bueno, y eso no puedes serlo tú, con toda tu política y tus aires de sabio. Con todo lo que he hecho siempre por ti, lo único que tú haces es tratarme a patadas. Quiero que alguien me trate bien antes de morir. Lo aprendiste todo, Ignatius, todo, salvo cómo debe comportarse un ser humano.

To you character is a psychosis. Integrity is a complex.

the visitors to that questionable museum would defecate into their garish tourist outfits

A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.

In the world of minor lunacy, the behavior of both the utterly rational and the totally insane seems equally odd.

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable - as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead. - Friedrich Von Schiller, as quoted by Bernard Baruch

There is the possibility, even the likelihood, of self-approving and extravagantly error-prone behavior on the part of those closely associated with money.

Let the following be one of the unfailing rules by which the individual investor and, needless to say, the pension and other institutional-fund manager are guided: there is the possibility, even the likelihood, of self-approving and extravagantly error-prone behavior on the part of those closely associated with money. Let that also be the continuing lesson of this essay.

For a generation of kids who grew up without a home phone, basic telephone etiquette is increasingly an issue.