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Most Famous Behavior Quotes of All Time!

Behavior in these lines spans the political and the deeply personal, from constitutional limits on undoing an election to a sharp distinction between behavior guided by reason and behavior that is merely reactive.

I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.

Quotes by Tiger Woods

I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible would be it, no question. I'm fascinated by human behavior; observing people and seeing how much story gets told without a lot of...

Quotes by Thomas Schlamme

There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance.

Quotes by Thomas Pynchon

Our learning ought to be our lives' amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior.

Quotes by Thomas Nashe

The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations all fell victim to chronically relying on Beijing's empty promises with the distant hope that China would finally use its influence to reign in Pyongyang's provocative behavior, to no avail.

Quotes by Ted Yoho

President Trump has often crossed the line of what constitutes decent behavior.

Quotes by Ted Lieu

I've got this theory that human beings are innately religious; we have a belief system. It doesn't have to be a theist form, necessarily. But we need a belief system, some framework on which to hang our behavior.

Quotes by Tana French

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

Quotes by Steve Tisch

Customer Development changes almost every aspect of startup behavior, performance, metrics, and, as often as not, success potential.

Quotes by Steve Blank

Public behavior is merely private character writ large.

Quotes by Stephen Covey

Executives can no longer hide behind the corporate veil. They need to be accountable for what their companies do, because entities are responsible for socially irresponsible behavior.

Quotes by Simon Mainwaring

Consumers now have a voice. And the fact that consumers can be creators, producers and distributors means they can push back against brands to punish them for their socially irresponsible behavior or reward them for their responsible behavior.

Quotes by Simon Mainwaring

Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else. We don't need to look far and wide to find examples of gluttonous behavior, as they are numerous...

Quotes by Simon Mainwaring

At times, morality can be dismissed as a matter of personal conscience, no matter how widespread its acceptance. Ethics, on the other hand, arises from societal or group commitments to principia of behavior.

Quotes by Sherwin B. Nuland

Of all the named structures within the abdomen and the chest, those associated with reproduction retained the mysteries of their willful behavior long after others had been solved to the satisfaction of physicians and philosophers.

Quotes by Sherwin B. Nuland

People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.

Quotes by Sharon Stone

Crime writers adore islands. We love the sense of being trapped within a community apart, where normal codes of behavior, if not ignored, can be allowed to slip.

Quotes by Sharon Bolton

I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.

Quotes by Serge Lang

We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs - we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and...

Quotes by Sergei Lavrov

The amount of resources we put in are disparate. We put billions of dollars into fuel-efficient technologies. How much are we putting into energy behavior change in a credible, systematic, testing way?

Quotes by Sendhil Mullainathan

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Behavior quotes page about?
It collects observations on human and institutional behavior, from constitutional standards for elections to the complexity of human psychology and the idea that a country's real defense is ethical conduct. It leans toward thoughtful, sometimes academic reflection.
Why do people search for behavior-related quotes?
Behavior is something people constantly try to understand, whether their own, others', or a nation's, so quotes on the topic get used for discussions about ethics, psychology, or accountability. A well-put quote can simplify a complicated idea about why people act the way they do.
There's a quote calling human behavior 'meta-complex' - what's the significance of that?
It captures how behavior isn't just complicated on the surface but layered with complexity within complexity, since the underlying causes differ from person to person. That idea gives the page some intellectual depth beyond simpler statements about right and wrong.
Is there a quote here connecting behavior to national defense?
Yes, one entry argues that ethical conduct, not weapons, is what truly protects a nation, tying personal or collective conduct to security in an unusual way. It stands out among the more analytical quotes on the page.
How are behavior quotes typically used?
They work well for reflections on ethics, psychology, or accountability, whether personal or institutional. For a broader human-focused angle, the Human page pairs naturally, along with Change for readers thinking about shifting patterns of conduct.

Another argues that a nation's real defense lies in its ethical conduct rather than in weapons alone, given how complex human behavior truly is. See Human quotes, or Change quotes.