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Behaving Quotes

On acting out, acting up, and acting right.

These behaving quotes look at how class, gender, and society quietly push people toward acting a certain way, and how that pressure can leave someone feeling Feel-worn and boxed in.

There was, of course, a global financial crisis. But our Labour predecessors left Britain exceptionally vulnerable and damaged: more personal debt than any other major economy; a dangerously inflated property bubble; and a bloated banking sector behaving as masters, not...

Quotes by Vince Cable

I think everyone is fairly fed up with mildly dysfunctional people being put under pressure and then behaving abysmally.

Quotes by Tony Robinson

We have newsreaders behaving like actors, lowering their voices if it's a sad story, as if we didn't know it's a sad story. There isn't a single cool newsreader.

Quotes by Tom Baker

During the second term of the Clinton presidency... I thought, 'Here is the literal and figurative role model for the United States of America behaving like a perverted little kid.' I just found it all really unmanly and undignified.

Quotes by The Ultimate Warrior

Being Quotes

We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.

Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun

The guard rails on a highway may restrict some folks from driving the way they want, but those rules mostly end up saving the lives of those other drivers who understand that living in a society means behaving in a...

Quotes by Steven Weber

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

Quotes by Sibel Kekilli

To be honest, I am a really simple person, and most of my friends are not from the industry. I am most comfortable with them. They don't treat me as an actor, and neither would they tolerate me behaving like...

Quotes by Shilpa Shinde

The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.

Quotes by Roy Hattersley

Change Quotes

Mick has expressed an interest in coming to the gallery tonight because he's seen me behaving myself lately. He is being much more supportive, which is nice.

Quotes by Ronnie Wood

I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by some recent trauma or event. People are incredibly complicated. Who knows why they are...

Quotes by Rachel Kushner

Have I had experiences by other people identifying me as black and behaving towards me as black? Yes. Just for as long as maybe somebody who was born categorised as black? No.

Quotes by Rachel Dolezal

I regard many of the neoconservatives as personal friends, but that's not stopped them from behaving with extraordinary viciousness towards those of us who raised the immigration issue.

Quotes by Peter Brimelow

There are loads of kids out there who haven't got a clue what 'Men Behaving Badly' was; it was such a long time ago. So I'm able to spread my wings a little bit more. I was able to do...

Quotes by Neil Morrissey

Feel Quotes

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...

Quotes by Navid Negahban

Newspapers and magazines didn't want pictures of musicians behaving badly back then. Now, because of the Internet, that's all the media wants.

Quotes by Mick Rock

Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?

Quotes by Matthew Weiner

Men are angry at women because they aren't doing what they are supposed to do, which is support men. They are in the workplace claiming their own rights and often outdoing men. They are daring to bring charges of sexual...

Quotes by Martha Nussbaum

If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.

Quotes by Mads Mikkelsen

I Am Quotes

For a long time, I really blithely walked around in the world imagining that gender didn't matter any more and behaving like I was on equal footing with other people. And I think, for a long time, it was easy...

Quotes by Kerry Bishe

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do behaving quotes say about social pressure?
One quote describes feeling mentally pushed by class, gender, and society into acting a specific way without even realizing it, leaving the speaker feeling weighed down and boxed in. See related lines under Feel.
Do behaving quotes only take a serious tone?
No, some turn toward comedy. One line argues that comedy simply cannot exist unless people are acting badly, treating misbehavior as a necessary ingredient rather than something to avoid.
Is there a quote about people acting badly under stress?
Yes, one observation notes that folks who are already somewhat dysfunctional tend to act even worse once real pressure is applied, a fairly candid take on how strain shapes conduct.
How do class and gender factor into these behaving quotes?
One quote ties frustration over class and gender directly to a feeling of being quietly coerced into a certain kind of conduct, framing behavior as something shaped by outside expectations rather than free choice.
What's the connection between comedy and misbehavior here?
The collection suggests that comedy depends on characters stepping out of line, since a scene without any bad conduct tends to fall flat. That link between conduct and change is explored further under Change.

Others turn the lens on comedy, arguing that people behaving badly under strain is exactly what makes a scene work, a reminder that Change and conduct are always linked.