Behavior Quotes - page 11

Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time we take a step forward we go back to the same primitive behavior. We're meant to be this way. It's not our fault, it's just who we are. (Colin Quinn)
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics. View quote
David E. Kelley
Most bad behavior comes from insecurity. View quote
Debra Winger
It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person who most exemplifies the kind of organization and behavior required who is best able to create the conditions such organizations require. View quote
Dee Hock
I hope that there are no persons that would want to think ill of me in any direction or any behavior. View quote
Diahann Carroll
As premiums continue to skyrocket, we must ensure that health insurers are not engaging in anticompetitive behavior and unfairly driving up health care costs. View quote
Diana DeGette
At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior? View quote
Dan Gelber
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon. View quote
Douglas Horton
New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression. View quote
Daniel Gillies
Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections? View quote
Elizabeth Janeway
I have been studying women's political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster Louis Harris. (Eleanor Smeal)
The ABCs are attitude, behavior and communication skills. View quote
Gerald Chertavian
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior. View quote
Graydon Carter
Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set. View quote
Gene Tierney
Anything that changes your values changes your behavior. View quote
George A. Sheehan
The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet. View quote
Jeffrey Tate
Desperate? That can be a justification for all kinds of behavior. View quote
Jessica Walter
All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived. View quote
John Boorman
The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme. View quote
John Buford
Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems. View quote
Judy Biggert
Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective. (Kenneth Lee Pike)
If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning. View quote
Kenneth Lee Pike
My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior. View quote
Lorna Luft
The attitude is very important. Because, your behavior radiates how you feel. View quote
Lou Ferrigno
Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare. View quote
Larry Elder