Quotes About Impulsivity

hyperbolic discounting, and

I am manic and that leads me to behave badly at times.

I have ADD. I can't pay attention to one thing too long.

I think every model has times when they get obnoxious and crazy. You all of a sudden realize you are young and beautiful and you have money, and you just kind of go nutty for awhile.

As Americans, which I suffer from myself, we have ADD.

We all do foolish things when we are in love. Don't we, your grace?

Irrational is a strong word, which connotes impulsivity, emotionality, and a stubborn resistance to reasonable argument.

Unfortunately, she tends to say the first thing that comes into her mind. She probably also has trouble delaying gratification. Weak System 2.

It's that mindset we have where we think we are indestructible. I know at least I went through that phase, where everything was excessive! Like if I drove a fast car I'd just have to take it to 130 miles per hour or more, you know!

The first time I got locked up, I was in Walmart stealing BB guns.

They're free because they don't know any, better. So they can just run around and do whatever, and do whatever, and most of the time they don't get caught.

Streaking. That's a very stupid young man thing to do. There is something ruder I can't mention. Celebs On Sunday, you're kinda clean, aren't you? Hmm. Maybe we should stick to streaking.

The interior of a teenager's mind is an endless war between Stupid and Clever.

Actually, I was prone to random acts of stupidity. I considered it to be one of my talents.

quasi-hyperbolic discounting.

If we humans are good at anything, it's thinking we've got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.

A younger you might have responded impulsively by letting your emotions carry you away without much thought or consideration. Those same emotions may arise, but a maturity (often having to do with being responsible for others) stops you from acting on them. You know that whatever you decide to do here matters. It is time to call on Hecate to help you see the larger picture, to stay at the crossroad until it is clear to you which path to take.

I'd spent five minutes looking at Twitter once and felt I'd wandered into a poker game where everyone immediately displayed their hands against the cool green of the felt.

There was playing with fire, and then there was setting yourself on fire.

The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.

I won't use Twitter. Twitter posts are thought-farts. I don't care about unconsidered thoughts of the moment.

You can't go do stupid shit like that.

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

It is vital that we recognize and tend to our unmet needs, because if we don't take the time to care for them we will constantly find ourselves headed down paths that lead us away from our goals rather than toward what we desire. When we don't deal with the unfulfilled needs inside us, they continue to drive us to act impulsively, to forsake our long-term vision in favor of short-term gratification. Then our unfulfilled needs, not our vision, drive our behaviors.