Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alfred Kinsey

We are recorders and reporters of the facts-not judges of the behavior we describe.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Every human act can be disguised with a coating of gilt.

Aldo Leopold

Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

We are mindful that the tight natural gas supplies could create temptations for improper behavior by some market participants.

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.

Albert Einstein

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

Right and wrong will be a part of it. Is this a behavior we ought to protect or we ought to cure? I would say homosexuality is something that ought to be cured.

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.

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.

Uta Hagen

Nobody ever learns how. The search for human behavior is infinite. You'll never understand it all. I think that's wonderful.

James Cook

On the ignition side, human behavior is really what dictates whether we have a fire season.

One of the reasons I'm interested in service recovery is because years ago I was working for the customer service line of a newspaper. When people missed their newspapers, I was the person they called. I understood the situation the same, whether they cursed at me or used a friendly tone of voice. I think it's important to be very clear about what the problem was, the inconvenience it caused you, what you are expecting them to do to recover -- but be kind in your behavior as well.

Christopher Durang

One of my impulses in writing is to take people's crazy behavior and try to make order of what sometimes feels chaotic in the past.

Stephen Hadley

Obviously, we didn't have the intelligence we needed in that particular instance. In some sense, those countries that pursue weapons of mass destruction in secret also learned an important lesson - that there are risks of that kind of behavior and that kind of activity.

What we're concerned about is providing a Web site for students that's a reflection of everyday student life. If that means at times they're engaging in behavior that some people don't like, well that's an issue that can be talked about.

Bud Selig

There is a standard of behavior that is expected of our players, which was breached in this case,

Doug Williams

There are multiple motivations for an arsonist's behavior,

Johnny Depp

There are moments ù behavior ù in 'East of Eden' that are pure magic, ... 'Giant' is pure magic; 'Rebel' is a bit dated and is sort of a strange vision of the 1950s, but his work in that was amazing.

There are some initial studies that have shown some changes in the behavior of the dolphins. We're very concerned about the impact that these programs are having both on the individual dolphins themselves and on the dolphin population as a whole.

Bush talks of regime change or change of its behavior, which is the same. It means no Islamic regime.

Susan Ward

Because they're sponges, it's better to incorporate it into their lives now rather than change behavior (later).

Now we recognize we need to spend more time on driver-behavior safety programs. Driver performance is playing a far greater role in contributing to crashes.

Bob Barr

obstructed a law enforcement investigation and otherwise engaged in behavior in violation of the Rules of the House.

Jesse Jackson

Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.

Matthew Macfadyen

I don't think his behavior changes that much, ... It's the way people perceive him that changes.

I don't think we ought to make too much of this (dollar spike) but it does represent what we're going to see more of, which is China gradually accommodating its behavior to the wants of globalization and the global marketplace.

I expected it to be crazy. I haven't seen one single incident, ... I see worse behavior at an NFL game.

Henry David Thoreau

If I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.

I can't really comprehend the human being who told you that. It's really kind of subhuman behavior.

Clive Lloyd

I have been very disappointed in the behavior of both teams during this series and I would urge the coaches, captains and managers to get their players together and remind them of the importance of playing in a professional manner.

Mike Birbiglia

I am diagnosed with what's called 'REM behavior disorder.' As far as the disorder goes, there's no cure, but it's going pretty well as far as these things go. I see a sleep doctor, take medication, etc.

Thomas Jones

We've seen a greater change in consumer behavior with this tax increase than we expected.

George Stephanopoulos

For the president to resign now would be wrong. President Clinton may have debased himself with his behavior, but we shouldn't debase the office with an impulsive overreaction.