Top 1200 Civilized Behavior Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

I just want to make it clear that I admit that that's rapey behavior, but I am not a rapist.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.

We need to break free from the habits of mind and behavior, to discover the possibilities of who we can become.

In the reality - TV era, unstable behavior become a valid career choice.

Hold the mirror up to nature. Human behavior is worthy of examination and celebration.

So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior.

We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.

I don't like too much by-standing, on-looking, and spectator-behavior in people's lives.

I think that the S.E.C. has been pretty feckless when it comes to reigning in reckless behavior on Wall Street.

The longer people receive economic assistance, the worse their social condition and behavior.

People fascinate me. Consciously or unconsciously, I have been studying their behavior all my life.

Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behavior, and they are classic excuses.

There is no bravery in evil, no true courage in behavior that can only result in deep disappointment.

And now, Anubis, I find you in this den of iniquity, this morass of questionable behavior, this...this--' 'School?

So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know.

Blaming our behavior on forces outside ourselves is a way of avoiding responsibility.

No one is born with greed, prejudice, bigotry, patriotism and hatred; these are all learned behavior patterns.

I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work.

Reclaim our environment from those who would destroy it with their predatory economic behavior.

I hate being on my best behavior. It brings out the absolute worst in me.

Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.

It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any other, without its consent and permission; but it may, if it thinks proper, waive this privilege, and permit itself to be made a defendant in a suit by individuals, or by another State.

Character is expressed through our behavior patterns, or natural responses to things.

Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.

There is no right or wrong behavior. The only meaningful choice is between fear and love.

I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.

You cannot control the primitive urges and hormones that drive your eating behavior.

Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling from others.

Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.

The Indian...stands free and unconstrained in Nature, is her inhabitant and not her guest, and wears her easily and gracefully. But the civilized man has the habits of the house. His house is a prison.

Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.

Investment performance doesn't determine real-life returns; investor behavior does.

It's always important for me as an actor to reflect human behavior for a sense of reality.

We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.

I would consider my dad a pretty patient guy, but there was no tolerance for spoiled behavior.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Model the behavior you wish more people would display. Lead first.

It is still open for me, as well as you, to regulate my behavior, by my experience of past events.

Our schools should be sanctuaries of learning, not nightmares of cruel and racist behavior.

I'm very eclectic in terms of what I like, what I read, what I watch, my own consumer behavior.

Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive.

A civilized society looks with horror upon the abuse and torture of children or adults. Even where capital punishment is practiced, the aim is to implement it as mercifully as possible. Are we to believe then that a holy God-our heavenly Father-is less just than the courts of men?

The most basic of conservative principles is that if you reward bad behavior you get more of it.

So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.

I think we've told a lot of lies about human behavior through film.

The Left has always sought single, non-values-based explanations for human behavior.

We have to be able to adapt to new situation. It's another form of the definition of intelligent behavior.

As many an architect will tell you, human behavior changes according to the environment.

Whether it's intentional or not, Trump regularly makes news for unprecedented and nonpresidential behavior.

Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds.

To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.

Guilt serves a powerful social function in terms of policing our behavior.

And if I were a naughty little boy, the idea is to spank me into good behavior?

I think you can say a lot of evil behavior by companies is short-term optimization.

Donald Trump's language has been atrocious, his behavior toward women.

'Grand Theft Auto', in its deification of antisocial behavior, is where I heap the most of my scorn.

I feel like my behavior goes over better on the streets of New York.

Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.

Where there is not discernment, the behavior even of the purest soul may in effect amount to coarseness.

For the person and for the species love is the form of behavior having the highest survival value.