338 quotes found
“Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.”
“Pay attention to the behavior of the most successful people.”
“Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.”
“Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day. Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become. You...”
“Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social and demographic conditions t...”
“Sometimes people will hear you and be able to change their behavior, but often their behavior has more to do with their own need for approval than with your need for support. No matter what their r...”
“If you put good apples into a bad situation, youll get bad apples.”
“We considered behaving, but it's against our nature.”
“It is a sin to believe evil of others but it is seldom a mistake.”
“The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.”
“Lady Bracknell. Good afternoon, dear Algernon, I hope you are behaving very well.Algernon. Im feeling very well, Aunt Augusta.Lady Bracknell. Thats not quite the same thing. In fact the two things ...”
“I can see patterns in events, and behaviors; in mathematics, I follow slower”
“Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological”
“The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.”
“Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.”
“You only had to choose which me to talk to, for, you know, we all change our manners, depending on who has come to chat. One doesnt behave at all the same way to a grandfather as to a bosom friend,...”
“I've always been a poor sport and a sore loser...any other behavior might encourage a repeat performance”
“Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented.”
“I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do d...”
“Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.”
