Quotes About Attitudes

Sometimes it is right to submit to love, and wrong to resist affection. Sometimes it is wrong to resist disease and right to submit to the inevitable. And vice versa. Each novel you read (never mind the novels you write) will give you some theory of which attitude is best to strike at which moment, and —if you experience enough of them— will provide you, at the very least, with a wide repertoire of possible attitudes.

Dignity is not located in seeking equality with the white man and his civilization: it is not about assuming the attitudes of the master who has allowed his slaves to eat at his table. It is about being oneself with all the multiplicities, systems and contradictions of one's way of being, doing and knowing. It is about being true to one's Self.

I grew up in the '60s and '70s, where it was still acceptable to say, 'Well, you're not academic, so that's fine, you'll do it some other way.'

Violence is totally accepted in this country.

When I came to London in 1986, I was amazed at how prudish everyone was.

American men are like women.

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.

I intend to travel to Okinawa and to visit with Okinawa officials and the citizens of Okinawa at an early date. I will send my best analysis of that situation, including the local attitudes, back to Washington, to the government there.

Consistency: How concerned is this person with consistency? Does this person care about whether stated beliefs, attitudes, and actions are consistent with one another? If so, how can one help this person deal with any inconsistencies? Stance on conflict: How much is this person bothered by the give-and-take of argument? Does this person like to match wits, or is it preferable to avoid sharp exchanges? If one has gone too far, how does one restore calm or equilibrium?

The other major alternative is resistance. It may be argued that even nonresistance is a form of resistance, for it may be regarded as an appositive dimension of resistance. Resistance may be overt action, or it may be merely mental and moral attitudes.

In the South it was feared that immigrants did not have the correct racial attitudes: five Italians were lynched, in Tallulah, Louisiana, for associating on equal terms with blacks;

It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.

Because of EU rules,' Fox agreed. 'Which are about to end.' 'Bloody Brexit,' Morelli commented. 'Have you noticed any changes during your time in Scotland?' Fox went on. 'Changes?' 'A hardening of attitudes.' 'Racism, you mean? Not especially – it's a bigger issue in England, I think.

N.W.A dropped Straight Outta Compton, and when Ice Cube said the line "from the gang called Niggas Wit Attitudes," boom—suddenly the media had a new phrase to latch on to: 1988 was the year of gangsta rap. N.W.A took it to stratospheric heights, and I was dubbed the godfather of the movement.

From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths – outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone.

But the world itself, as well as special attitudes, properly understood, constitute the Sufi school.

Although self-reported endorsement of sexist attitudes didn't predict hiring bias, self-reported objectivity in decision making did.

boys do not pursue mathematical activities at a higher rate than girls do because they are better at mathematics. They do so, at least partially, because they think they are better.

Contrary to what you might expect, people from more gender-egalitarian countries are often less egalitarian when it comes to the gender stereotypes they typically endorse.

Our sitting before the Scripture in subjection means that both humility and transformation are attitudes to which we are committed as God seeks to call us to deepen our relationship to Him.

Some concepts are alien to the Glaswegian mind. Salad. Dentistry. Forgiveness.

Fitting in also poses another, related kind of identity problem: being accepted means they have to give up or at least hide some of the values and attitudes they acquired overseas, the qualities that now set them apart.

Our beliefs create the kind of world we believe in. We project our feelings, thoughts and attitudes onto the world. I can create a different world by changing my belief about the world. Our inner state creates the outer and not vice versa.

Obama just announced Americans don't consider themselves victims, or entitled. Actually, the vast majority of Obama supporters believe exactly that. They believe exactly that.