Quotes About Habit

I would arrive in college at 8:30 A. M. and go back home at noon to go to the toilet. Then I would return again.

I can tell you, going out to buy toilet paper in the U.S. is a completely predictable experience.

I don't like to use toilets - ever.

But it felt so good, I kept doing it.

I live my life in my comfort zone...

It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one's self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.

Her life seems to be nothing but routine, no adventure.

I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.

To forget words, common words, because your habits are so narrow you need only know a hundred hard phrases—stone, soup, comb, Bible, needle, dark, prisoner, walk, stand still, look sharp, look sharp!

It's easier to do something every day, without exception, than to do something "most days",' she said. 'When you say "I'll walk four days a week", you debate which four days, and wake up debating whether you can skip Tuesday.

I WANT YOU TO LEARN A NEW HABIT. Try saying, "I trust You, Jesus," in response to whatever happens to you.

Can we have a time-out on the self-criticism for the rest of the evening?" "Not the rest of the evening. I can do about half an hour and then force of habit takes over.

At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.

I smoke all the time, one after the other.

Every time someone turns on a TV, I go in the other room and read.

55% of all Americans lose their remote control 5 times a week. That means that they must see the same show for up to 3-4 minutes a time!

For a long time I would go to bed early. [Fr., Longtemps, je me suis couche de bonne heure.]

I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.

Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort.

I used to kiss things all the time. I would have to kiss everything, just about everything. The headboard on my bed, the steering wheel in my car. I think it was an OCD thing.

When you read a novel, you know what to expect because you've been reading novels for a long time.

My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every day, you don't wait for inspiration.

You must originate, and you must sympathize; yon must possess, at the same time, the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.

"It's an old habit of mine, Wal'r," said the Captain, "any time these fifty year. When you see Ned Cuttle bite his nails, Wal'r, then you may know that Ned Cuttle's aground."