Since belief determines behavior, doesn’t it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America? – Zig Ziglar
It’s a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band exhibits some form of neurotic behavior. And we couldn’t find a balance, a mutual respect for each other. – Stone Gossard
Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I’ve found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food. – Steve Albini
Forget ‘branding’ and ‘positioning.’ Once you understand customer behavior, everything else falls into place. – Thomas G. Stemberg
I think people, whether they realize they’re doing it or not, seek out distractions to take their minds off what they know is bad behavior. – Terence Winter
Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells. – Thomas Friedman
The amount of resources we put in are disparate. We put billions of dollars into fuel-efficient technologies. How much are we putting into energy behavior change in a credible, systematic, testing way? – Sendhil Mullainathan
Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little laugh. It’s like a reflex. – Tom Stoppard
As a young actor, it’s important to see how the greatest in the industry work… diva behavior is never it. – Sean Maguire
The actual organization of behavior goes on the level of the individual nerve cells and their connections, and we have a hundred billion nerve cells, probably a hundred trillion connections. It’s just mind-boggling to think of all the different ways in which they’re arranged in a baby’s head. – Steven Pinker
People’s behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives. – Thomas Mann
Acting is doing. It’s not speaking; it’s behavior. It’s something happening, even if you’re only listening. – Wayne Rogers
I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that’s, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior. – William Friedkin
People who are rich find it hard to understand the behavior of poor people. Economists are no exception, for they, too, find it difficult to comprehend the preferences and scarcity constraints that determine the choices that poor people make. – Theodore Schultz
Of course, genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is the seat of our drives, temperaments and patterns of thought. – Steven Pinker
Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words. – Wally Lamb
What is indisputable is the fact that unbelief is the force that gives birth to all of our bad behavior and every moral failure. It is the root. – Tullian Tchividjian
I was so afraid to go out west to my aunt’s ranch. But the only choice my mother gave me was to go for two weeks or all summer. I wound up staying all summer. And that’s where I learned about cattle. I could relate to their behavior, their fears. – Temple Grandin
The point of psychoanalysis is to really understand the roots of your behavior. Understand why you are doing the things you’re doing – and connect your unconscious to your conscious. – Tucker Max
We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. – Wendell Pierce
Our learning ought to be our lives’ amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior. – Thomas Nashe
I’m actually interested in poor behavior. I’m interested in what drives people to poor behavior. – Theresa Rebeck
Once, my writing-avoidance behavior involved me mixing up a cleaning concoction and getting some ancient stains out of the carpet. My wife liked that one. – Tim Pratt
Consumers now have a voice. And the fact that consumers can be creators, producers and distributors means they can push back against brands to punish them for their socially irresponsible behavior or reward them for their responsible behavior. – Simon Mainwaring
It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction. – Warren Buffett