Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

If that child's behavior is so severe that it warrants a behavior plan, that plan needs to be followed.

He turns around and they shoot. That is not unreasonable behavior on his part.

Buck O'Neil

He was wonderful and kind, always insisting on gentlemanly behavior and a good suit.

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.

I would expect there will be some coincident change in consumer behavior.

So many times, that moment where you could really make a difference and change behavior is right there in the hospital. If you wait, the person will often recover and go back to that same lifestyle.

Jean Chatzky

Show your kids that needs and wants are two different things. The best way to teach our kids to be smart consumers - and savvy savers - is to model good behavior for them.

Simply telling people to eat less and exercise more is not enough. Decades of tobacco prevention efforts have taught us that focusing on an individual's behavior ignores the fact that we all make choices within a broader social, environmental, and public policy context.

Since all four of us were educated as physicists, we looked for a mathematical way of describing what was going on. We wanted a model that could capture both the near random character that one sees looking at two cells and the highly structured behavior of the whole group.

She could also testify to bouts of rage, sexual problems and other behavior consistent with steroid use. If he said he didn't use and he knowingly used them, he is in trouble and Bell can help the government's case.

Since he's been on bond, his behavior has indicated he has not gotten himself in trouble,

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.

By and large, in our treatment provider system, that is not the type of behavior they tolerate.

Gambling' suggests vice, the shady underside of games of chance. 'Gaming' suggests sportsmanlike, honorable behavior in which there are rules that are enforced, and there is no shady underside.

Brent Spiner

But he's absorbed so much information and so much behavior from serving with humans that he is allot less machinelike now than he was in the beginning, and that was intentional.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

Albert Bandura

Behavior, cognitive, and other personal factors, and environmental influences all operate interactively as determinants of each other.

Gary Condit

He's still my friend, but I certainly don't condone his behavior.

David Lereah

Modeling a relationship between economic and commercial market indicators, as well as market trends and sentiment, will provide us with a new tool in assessing market behavior in the major commercial real estate sectors. It is being designed as an index to provide early signals of turning points between expansions and slowdowns in commercial real estate activity.

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.

I think the reason graduated licensing works is because you're not changing behavior, but changing conditions under which they (teens) can drive.

People have come to understand that they can influence the sports or the outcome of a game by the behavior that they initiate in the stands or in public. If it's done in a positive way, rooting for your team, that's well and good.

Stay focused on self-direction and personal growth and away from finger-pointing. The behavior of love is what counts, so be specific about your actions.

Sathya Baba

Spiritual progress is right living, good conduct, moral behavior.

That could be something as simple as a discussion about the seriousness of it and do we or do we not want to do something about it. It's the behavior of a schoolyard bully whose behavior needs to be reined in.

testify regarding extremely sensitive and at times offensive and degrading behavior.

My mom has been real positive and my dad has been so instrumental, ... He's like a ninja -- he's popping up everywhere. He's always scoping me out and keeping an eye on me. I always try to be on my best behavior because of him.