Quotes About Trait

Evolutionary biologists have a word for this kind of borrowing, first proposed in an influential 1971 essay by Stephen Jay Gould and Elisabeth Vrba: exaptation. An organism develops a trait optimized for a specific use, but then the trait gets hijacked for a completely different function.

A thing's innate disposition does not lie.

Love is the greatest of all the commandments-all others hang upon it. It is our focus as followers of the living Christ. It is the one trait that, if developed, will most improve our lives.

Because Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.

This means the party demands dishonesty as a trait of membership—unless you are a rare sociopath who defends pathological lying.

My loyalty to the past—my most dangerous trait, the one that has cost me most.

Mental resilience is arguably the most critical trait of a world-class performer, and it should be nurtured continuously.

One's 'thing'--(1) A point of personal interest; a hobby, sport, or avocation that succinctly defines a person. (2) A brief coupling of words used to evoke someone's personality in a small-talk setting: Billy's thing used to be soccer; now it's masterbation. (3) A laconic summation of one's character and interests used for the purpose of categorization and judgement. See also 'What do you do?

Give me the character and I will forecast the event.

Every person has their own colour.

I like to comprehend more or less everything around me - apart from the creation of my music. It's an obsessive character trait that's getting worse. I don't switch the light on and off 15 times before I leave the room yet, but something's going wrong.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

That's just a trait that I have. I feel like I've always been a leader.

Narcissism is not about self love. It's a clinical trait that belies a deep sense of emptiness, low self-esteem, emotional detachment, self-loathing, extreme problems with intimacy.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

I love the Chrisleys and Todd is hilarious in many ways and I love that. I think it's an important trait.

The individual's desire to dominate his environment is not a desirable trait in a society which every day grows more and more confining.

We've done a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful. The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement, and all selection research basically points to that.

It is my drawback that I am not manipulative and this trait doesn't work in the industry. People in the industry are very manipulative. For me, I will say it if I don't like, and I don't know how to butter people. Even Salman Khan is like that, he is very straightforward and not manipulative at all.

What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.

As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that one American national trait which irritates many Americans and must be convenient for our critics is that we relentlessly advertise our imperfections.

Integrating in the society is a fundamental scriptural Christian trait. This integration is a must - moderate constructive integration. All of us, as Egyptians, have to participate.

Some people thrive on creating chaos and then operating through it, though usually that's presented as a female trait.

It's often meaningless to talk about a genetic trait without also discussing the environment in which that trait appears. Sometimes, genes don't work at all until the environment awakens them.