quotations about behavior
A man's behavior on dry land differs from his behavior in water; he acts differently indoors and out, in summer and in winter. A man's behavior is always a function of his environment; that is one of the things we mean by behavior.
RALPH BARTON PERRY
"Is There a Social Mind?"
Oddities and singularities of behavior may attend genius; when they do, they are its misfortune and blemishes; the man of true genius will be ashamed of them; and at least he will never affect to distinguish himself by whimsical peculiarities.
SIR W. TEMPLE
attributed, Day's Collacon
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a Savior
DC TALK
"In the Light"
We considered behaving, but it's against our nature.
O.R. MELLING
The Book of Dreams
What a man does, not what he feels, thinks, or believes, is the universal yardstick of behavior.
BENJAMIN C. LEEMING
Imagination
Unweighed behavior.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The fact that my circumstances had changed drastically but my behavior hadn't was beginning to wear on me.
ANTHONY KIEDIS
Scar Tissue
Behavior seemeth to me as a garment of the mind, and to have the conditions of a garment. For it ought to be made in fashion; it ought not to be too curious; it ought to be shaped so as to set forth any good making of the mind, and hide any deformity; and above all, it ought not to be too straight, or restrained for exercise or motion.
FRANCIS BACON
Advancement of Learning
There is a fair behavior in thee.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Twelfth Night
The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
P.J. O'ROURKE
The New York Times Magazine, 1993
The laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Essays
Behave yoursel' before folk;
Whate'er ye do, when out o' view,
Be cautious aye before folk.
ALEXANDER RODGER
"Behave Yoursel' Before Folk"
Nothing is more adroit than irreproachable conduct.
MADAME DE MAINTENON
Maxims
I need a little time off for bad behavior
The devil in me done been asleep too long
DAVID ALLEN COE
"Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior"
When we end up creating wrong models of the world based on incorrect laws of human behavior, the world doesn't change its laws to accommodate our ignorance.
AWDHESH SINGH
31 Ways to Happiness
Do what you like.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS
Works