1,012 Quotes About Behavior

Human behavior makes it hard to believe in human intelligence.

An arrogant man whose arrogance we see from his own behaviour is more tolerable than a humble man whose humility we hear of from his own mouth.

They lived like monkeys still, while their new god powers lay around them in the weeds.

I now know that deep within the human concept is something dark, selfish, and completely willing to do whatever is necessary to support the idea of humanity. Because that’s what it is, an idea. True humanity would never behave as we have behaved.

Regret is like a mental parasite that alters your behavior.

...with kids, silence is never golden, only suspicious.

We cannot force others to behave differently if they disagree with us. But if we change what we are saying or doing, they may respond differently.

If you want to foresee the behavior of someone, their personality is a better predictor than their intelligence.

IT IS SO CURIOUS how hearing something once in your youth can dictate a thought pattern all the way through your life. I was nine, a man said something nonchalantly, and now when I see a slate at age thirty-six, as far as I'm concerned, its primary use is for beheading boys. Once that's done it can be used for roofing.