Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ernst Mayr

Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations that give these species improved competitive potential.

Leigh Steinberg

Ricky has been in the best behavioral mode of his life. He didn't work this hard to get back only to let that happen.

Umed Ajani

People will have to be motivated for behavioral change, providers will have to take greater responsibility for educating and monitoring patients and organizations will need to develop and provide better and more effective tools and interventions.

Michael K. Powell

Behavioral psychologists have observed that wanting something has a much stronger emotional impact than the pleasure that comes once you have it, or the memory of having had it.

Carlo Ratti

The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.

B. F. Skinner

Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.

Jerry Hogle

We recognize if a certain college, like the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, gets a large influx of students, we need to help out, and we are.

Winifred Gallagher

We need to think about our homes from a behavioral perspective.

Mary Meeker

We aren't at all opposed to disciplining Microsoft, but we think a breakup is simply too harsh. We continue to believe that a more appropriate remedy would relate to behavioral changes, government changes and perhaps an economic hit.

Carol Kane

It's hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional.

Charles Dudley Warner

The world is full of poetry as the earth is of pay-dirt; one only needs to know how to strike it.

Charles Stross

Humans: such a brilliant model of emotional self-awareness.

Ricky Gervais

I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not comedy anymore.

Brian Eno

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

Brian Eno

What people call unemotional just doesnt have a single overriding emotion to it. The things that I like best are the ones that ambiguous on the emotional level.

Laura Bush

very emotional and very moving to be here to see these sites.

David Schwimmer

I had invited 50 or 60 peers and friends, most of whom were parents, to see the film [Trust], and I asked about the last scene. It was interesting because it was split right down the middle, 50/50. About half the audience wanted it to end with the very emotional scene between Clive and Liana, and that feeling of realization and catharsis. And, the other half were adamant about keeping that last scene.

David Guetta

The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio, because it makes it really emotional.

Carlos Ghosn

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.

Tim Tebow

For some reason in today's society, people look up to football players and you have a voice. And it's because of that voice you have the opportunity to impact people's lives.

George Thomas

The outlook for first quarter 2006 has been steadily improving and we are now seeing less than normal industry seasonality impact in our business.

Brian Eno

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.

David Greenberg

We have to judge presidents not only by the long-term consequences of their actions but also by how they make citizens in their own day feel. One reason that Nixon never succeeded in his comeback campaign is that he had such a negative impact on public trust at the time of his presidency.

David Guterson

Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re telling stories that have an impact on other people and on the culture. You should tell the best stories you can possibly tell and put everything you’ve got into it.

David Crystal

Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.

David Suzuki

We are playing Russian roulette with features of the planet’s atmosphere that will profoundly impact generations to come. How long are we willing to gamble?

David Suzuki

If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

Bhagwan Rajneesh

When you want any memory you can use the mind just as you can put on your tape recorder.

Joan Felt

My father's memory is impaired, but mostly he's just an old man.

Bill Gates

No one will ever need more then 640K Memory

Manny Lawson

Getting a shutout here is going to be a memory for the rest of my life.

Adam Loewen

I don't remember what he said. I've got a short-term memory.

E. Joseph Cossman

If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.

Brian Jaffe

We plan 33 percent replacements, and ... there will be some that need memory or BIOS.

Irish Proverb

When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.

John Dewey

Time and memory are true artists; they remold reality nearer to the heart's desire.

Chris Wedge

One of the things I've observed since I was a kid, is that if you work on something long enough you'll find I, even if you're lost for a while you'll find it.

Jim Struhsaker

I would say that what we observed here was very rare.

Salar Kamangar

We observed by talking with our users that there is no reason to think of IM as different from an e-mail message.

Ty Cobb

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.

Thomas Breuer

The most astonishing thing is that we have observed them using tools not for obtaining food, but for postural support.

Cinnamon Williams

They've already been observed mating. I was not here, but I have been told.

Roger Richards

In December, we observed an impropriety in the bookkeeping.

Agnes Repplier

To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life.

David Brooks

Learning was a by-product of her search for pleasure

Alan Bennett

One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty.

Charles Lamb

There is a pleasure in affecting affectation.

Charles Buxton

To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.

Charles Baudelaire

I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge.

Edmund Spenser

And painefull pleasure turnes to pleasing paine.

Kathleen Glynn

This really is a pleasure, and I thank all of you.

Juvenal

Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.

Jane Addams

The things that make us alike are stronger and finer than the things that make us different.

Jane Austen

She was stronger alone…

Janet Jackson

When you hear bad things about yourself, just put your energies into something else; it's no good crying about it. Just put it into your music - it'll make you stronger.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

A concept is stronger than a fact.

Jane Goodall

You better not mess with chimps. They are much stronger than humans.

Bob Marley

I went deep inside myself. I had time to explore my beliefs and because of that I'm stronger. Bob Marley (March 1981)

Adam Pine

We've always had it in us. The men's team will keep getting stronger and stronger.

Ai Weiwei

If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.

Bill Richardson

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world

Brad Meltzer

There's nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us - or admitting we can't do it all ourselves.

Brad Meltzer

The point is, as death gets closer - what's so wrong with wanting someone you love to live forever?

Bobby Womack

Leave them wanting more and you know theyll call you back.

Michael Taylor

I'm always wanting to score. I want to win the game.

Ron Gardenhire

I can't see Rad not wanting to go out there.

AJ Michalka

You kind of need to weed through who is wanting to be a true friend.

Oscar Isaac

I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want to be 'an actor.'

Hill Harper

There's nothing wrong with wanting a partner and doing the things to have one. To protect ourselves, we have to say, 'I don't need one.'

Marilyn Monroe

When I was five, I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn't like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. It was like you could make your own boundaries.