Behavior Quotes

“Behavior is a matter of fact, not a matter of morals.”

“The study of government is the study of the control of human conduct.”

“A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.”

“A misbehaving child is a discouraged child.”

“Once a structure is in place, it will determine the behavior of whatever is in that structure.”

“People are not always rational, but they are not systematically irrational either.”

“The goal is to produce behavioral outcomes, to shape our behavior at scale.”

“Behavior is a function of the person and the environment.”

“Rebellion follows rejection.”

“Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good company.”

“Love is not enough. We need to translate our love into behavior that the child can understand.”

“Don't let fear make you weird.”

“My work is about understanding how people behave in market settings.”

“I always tried to be a good girl.”

“These are the new ‘means of behavior modification,’ and they are the source of surveillance capitalism’s vast wealth and power.”

“What people think, believe, and feel affects how they behave.”

“It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.”

“My work is about the application of economics to all sorts of human behavior.”

“Goals begin behaviors, consequences maintain them.”

“When you've been hurt, you don't make excuses for hurting others.”