Top 331 Behaving Quotes & Sayings

You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

You need to start behaving like the person you want to attract.

...In little more than a single century from 1820 to 19450, no less than fifty-nine million human animals were killed in inter-group clashes of one sort or another.... We describe these killings as men behaving "like animals," but if we could find a wild animal that showed signs of acting this way, it would be more precise to describe it as behaving like men.

When I act, I try to understand the character, why she's behaving like that.

Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.

People are lying all the time as to what a murderous nation we are. So let it be known. We're behaving abominably. It's like having a relative go absolutely nuts. Somebody has to say, "I think Uncle Charlie's off his rocker." We are behaving in a bizarre manner.

To adopt nuclear disarmament would be akin to behaving like a virgin in a brothel.

The one nice thing about doing a character for a long time is, you begin to feel more comfortable, and you are thinking less and behaving more. It's always best not to be thinking a hell of a lot while you're acting, because you want it to be as spontaneous as possible, not too intellectual. Just behaving and listening to other people who you're doing scenes with. I always like the latter when it looks easy, even though it may not be.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already.

The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have fallen among buccaneers.

When animals do something noble we say they are behaving ‘like humans’. When humans do something disgusting we say they are behaving ‘like animals’. Clumsy use of the English language perpetuates the myth that animals are inferior and disposable beings.

Living with integrity means... behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.

Politics feels, on what I have seen of it, like joining a tribe, and a lot of it is about unspoken ways of behaving.

When it's just a few scenes and a couple of actors behaving in a room, I feel very confident with that.

I was behaving, just like I promised, but fate intervened.

I never envy the guys who get attention for partying too much or behaving badly.

Although it shouldn't be, men behaving badly is sort of an occupational hazard for those working in Washington.

Many things, such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to do them.

You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time.

If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense that people always seem to be behaving strangely. People always seem to be behaving the wrong way, in a different way. You say things and there are silences.

You just need to put yourself in someone else's shoes and then see how they feel and then you will understand why they are reacting or why they are behaving the way that they are behaving. We need to be fair.

In a world where everyone is behaving honestly, any dishonesty constitutes a big infraction. But, in a world where many people are behaving dishonestly, and the news is filled with stories of their infractions, even big infractions can feel small to the perpetrator.

We have recognized that the world is changing. How your children are behaving, how their friends are behaving. What they consume and what they watch.

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

Consistency isn't behaving the same way all the time.

Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.

In behaving respectfully toward all that the land contains, it is possible to imagine a stifling ignorance falling away from us.

The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.

One of the things I think the police have to do is to stop behaving like armies.

Why is the United States behaving so arrogantly? All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil.

When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love them.

As an actor, I believe that acting is actually behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.

Always that "if" was there, which meant that the one who was doomed could avoid the doom if he would change his way of behaving.

Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.

I said to my doctor, 'You gotta testme, there's something wrong with me that I would be behaving this way.'

Hell is the incapacity to be other than the creature one finds oneself ordinarily behaving as.

Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in an unequal relationship.

Women behaving badly has always been funny, to me personally, so I knew I wanted to do something like that.

It's a sort of curious phenomenon that God is somehow not quite as nice as the devil; the devil doesn't punish you for behaving well, but God punishes you for behaving badly.

There is an ineffable but fatal difference in attitude between people behaving naturally and people behaving naturally for a camera.

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this behavior by his attitude towards the result of the behavior arranged by himself, we can be influenced towards behaving in the same way.

In terms of behaving in a civic way, I feel my behavior is always exemplary.

Nobody ever gets enough appreciation when they're behaving themselves, but there's no end to hearing about it when they're not.

An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.

We considered behaving, but it's against our nature.

I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.

Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it.

Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively.

Latham is behaving like a crazy man.

For years, I was either referred to as a 'rubber-faced funny man' or 'the 'Men Behaving Badly' star.'

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

It's shocking how sophisticated little kids can be, when it comes to behaving in a professional manner, and that's a credit to their parents.