#behavior

Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#believes #does #feels #man #thinks

The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#behavior #causes #desire #dominates #everyday

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#insofar #international #international law #law #legal

Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character. ↗

— Linda Lavin

#by the time #camera #character #film #front

My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#behavior #had #her #horrified #last

As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#appeals #because #behavioral #i #i love

When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to conclude. Information that is consistent with our pre-existing beliefs is often accepted at face value, whereas evidence that contradicts them is critically scrutinized and discounted. Our beliefs may thus be less responsive than they should to the implications of new information ↗

— Thomas Gilovich

#human-behavior #logic #mind #psychology #life

Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare. ↗

— Larry Elder

#behavior #charity #corporate #distorts #less

When I'm watching somebody act, it's a behavior editorial function - I look at someone act, and I might say, 'I don't believe him when he says that.' I don't know why I don't believe him, probably because the people that I've met, they don't act like that when they say stuff like that and mean it. ↗

— David Fincher

#because #behavior #believe #editorial #function

The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#contradictions #fascinating #human #human behavior #maddening