Behavior Quotes

“When a woman behaves like a man why doesn't she behave like a nice man?”

“When children feel right, they'll behave right.”

“The quickest way to change a child's behavior is to change our own.”

“Consuetudo est quasi altera natura.”

“If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.”

“People's behavior can be described as if they were maximizing their expected utility.”

“The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people.”

“The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.”

“A system is a set of things—people, cells, molecules, or whatever—interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time.”

“The human animal is a neophiliac—it loves novelty.”

“The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.”

“Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too.”

“A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.”

“The problems we face today—violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on—are mainly problems of human behavior.”

“The first lesson for six months is 'Just be nice.'”

“When we treat children with respect, they learn to respect themselves and others.”

“We are all a little bit irrational.”

“It's much easier to do what's right when you feel right.”

“Reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as 'telling it like it is,' when it is actually just reckless, outrageous, and undignified.”

“The basis of all good behavior is kindness.”