Quotes About Habituation

It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind.

It's alright," he told her. "Well, really it's not. It'll never be alright, but you get, what's the word? Inured?

The Spartans] should not make war often, or long, with the same enemy, lest that they should train and instruct them in war, by habituating them to defend themselves.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

two basic conditions for acquiring a skill: an environment that is sufficiently regular to be predictable an opportunity to learn these regularities through prolonged practice

Familiarity breeds liking. This is a mere exposure effect.

Zajonc argued that the effect of repetition on liking is a profoundly im- portant biological fact, and that it extends to all animals.

You know where everything is. You practically live here now." Shamron muttered something in Polish about the ingratitude

After the initial shock, nothing was strange anymore. Anything could become normal.

They have been in prison so long that, if the prison door stands open, they would no longer notice!

Heaven help me, Hideki thought. I've gotten used to it.

I've grown accustomed… to her face.

it's depressing what a man can get used to

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them. —John von Neumann

Es curioso comprobar cómo se echan de menos sensaciones que no son buenas, pero a las que uno se ha acostumbrado

I wonder if those who live here get used to this beauty." "Undoubtedly, Magnificence. It is the nature of man to become oblivious to that which is around him daily

It's funny how many little things you get used to - attached to, even - and never realize until you travel abroad and those things are not available.

She had looked at the movies again—all of them this time. Claire had rigged up Paul's laptop in the garage so she wouldn't have to sit in his office. Halfway through the first series of movies, she'd found herself somewhat anesthetized to the violence. Habituation, Paul would've explained, but fuck Paul and his stupid explanations.

In the long run one gets used to anything.

Oh, people get used to so many things, " said Vadesh, "if only they give them selves a chance.

I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!

Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.

Like all things new, it was awkward at first, until I got accustomed to it.

It turns out, you can get used to almost anything. What one day seems a shocking, unbearable outrage over time comes to seem ordinary, unremarkable.