Quotes About Attitudes

It is one thing for traditions to die out of themselves; it is quite another for them to be killed by men who think they know everything, by men whose vengeance extends even to the past, even to the dead.

Members of the dying churches really didn't want growth unless that growth met their preferences and allowed them to remain comfortable.

greater attention to the problem area tends to increase negative public attitudes toward the status quo, which can then produce lasting institutional and agenda changes that break up policy monopolies.

Concepts such as love, charity, obligation and tradition all helped to shape medieval attitudes to devotion, but perhaps the most powerful conditioning influence was fear;

The negative side of football. The negative side of our society. People sometimes go to football and bring to it the negative aspects of our society.

In America, they are very respectful of your work. People are not judgmental. They like difference - to be different is a force. In France, you have to be like the girl next door.

Why can't ladies like nice guys?

They're all tossers, aren't they, men like Martin. They think women are like fucking laptops or whatever, like, my old one's knackered and anyway, you can get ones that are slimmer and do more stuff now.

In a few short weeks, mock-marital status had ceased to be something to aspire to, and had become a cause for scorn. At seventeen, we were becoming as embittered and as unromantic as our parents.

In fact, most of what they're calling crime is a kid caught with a joint in his pocket. Why do people think of that as the problem?

Most people are not liars. They can't tolerate too much cognitive dissonance. I don't want to deny that there are outright liars, just brazen propagandists. You can find them in journalism and in the academic professions as well. But I don't think that's the norm. The norm is obedience, adoption of uncritical attitudes, taking the easy path of self-deception.

There were too many idiot men in the world, to her way of thinking. And most of them ended up bumping up against stubborn women.

Men are pigs.

Whatever happened to women who liked to be swept off their feet?' 'They got dropped,' Diana said flatly.

For reasons both explicable and debatable, Xers complained less pedantically than the demographic they followed and less vehemently than the demographic that came next.

A male chauvinist pig isn't born, he's made, and more and more of them are being made by women.

There were lots of kinds of men in the world. There were lots of kinds of dogs in the world. There were lots of men who acted like dogs in the world.

Much of what is considered good in little girls is considered downright repulsive in little boys. Physical timidity or hypercautiousness, being quietly well behaved, and depending on others for help and support are thought to be natural - if not outright charming - in girls. Boys, however, are actively discouraged from the dependent forms of relating, which are considered sissyish in male children.

One reason these and other average guys vie for the attention of paid hot girls is their skewed view of average women. "So-called normal girls are boring," said one john, "but I'll sport fuck them if only for the count." On

research in psychoneuroimmunology has supported the ways in which positive emotions, expectations, and attitudes enhance our immune system. This research also reinforces Frankl's belief that one's approach to everything from life-threatening challenges to everyday situations helps to shape the meaning of our lives. The simple truth that Frankl so ardently promoted has profound significance for anyone who listens.

Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are so disdainful of hearing aids?

To tip the cognitive hurdle fast, tipping point leaders such as Bratton zoom in on the act of disproportionate influence: making people see and experience harsh reality firsthand. Research in neuroscience and cognitive science shows that people remember and respond most effectively to what they see and experience: "Seeing is believing." In the realm of experience, positive stimuli reinforce behavior, whereas negative stimuli change attitudes and behavior. Simply

Commitment, trust, and voluntary cooperation are not merely attitudes or behaviors. They are intangible capital.

Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it.