Behaviour quotes
162 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"It is a surprising fact that those who object most violently to the manipulation of behaviour nevertheless make the most vigorous effort to manipulate minds."
"Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image."
"Nobody adopts antisocial behaviour unless they fear that they will fail if they remain on the social side of life."
"There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour."
"We have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people."
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"Imposed philosophical morality (laws/rules) will not save the world. Only a calculated tangible plan to alter our circumstances so such actions pose no merit will stop immoral behaviour."
"We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do this, how can we not know him?"
"Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous."
"... moral certainty is certainty which is sufficient to regulate our behaviour, or which measures up to the certainty we have on matters relating to the conduct of life which we never normally doubt, though we know that it is possible, absolutely speaking, that they may be false."
"I can't wait to be seen as a woman. But I know I probably have to contribute to that with behaviour."
"It's the behaviour of your company and its people that form your reputation, and your reputation is your brand"
"Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference."
"Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference."
"We are more likely to cheat if we see others doing so. We tend to conform to accepted norms of reasonable behaviour, rather than adhere to strict rules."
"I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour."
"Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act - if you can't control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word."
"As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly."
"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere."
"Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves."
"I don't think nostalgia is very useful to me. There is a story to be told, there's behaviour to create or to bring to the screen that will help tell that story, and nostalgia is just not really a big part of my emotional package."
"The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions."
"The reason the way of the transgressor is hard is because it's so crowded."
"Praise behaviour that you want repeated"
"Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common middle class. In moments of crisis, the former know how to act, the latter become uncouth brutes."
"We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down our economic productivity, off they go. We have a place for them, the psychiatric institution. That's the main thing, they slow things down."
