Quotes by Behavior 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? Sendhil Mullainathan behaviorenergychangeway One of my pleasures is observing people's behavior and pointing out the inconsistencies that we all sort of have at the center of our lives. Stephen McCauley outobservingbehaviorpeople I think Berry Gordy is a genius, I really do, and it's not a word I throw around lightly. But with all that comes the idiosyncratic behavior of a self-made, talented, creative person, and that's not easy to come up against. Suzanne de Passe thinkgeniusbehavioreasy It's important for a parent to learn to take delight in a child whose behavior might seem mystifying. In the case of an extroverted parent with an introverted child, it can be learning to see the inner riches of your child that may not always be expressed on the surface - but are there. Susan Cain childlearningbehaviorparent There's a lot of automation that can happen that isn't a replacement of humans but of mind-numbing behavior. Stewart Butterfield happenlotautomationbehavior What drives the attractiveness of a trans-shipment hub are really three things. Location, location, location is very helpful. But so is productivity - a stable labor force and getting ships in and out as quickly as possible. And then, getting costs as low as possible will drive carrier behavior. Soren Skou drivewillthreebehavior 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. Sherwin B. Nuland othersbehaviorsatisfactionlong When people exercise, we talk about endorphins, but endorphins are just short-term. The reason why exercise is valuable is it trains your brain to believe, 'My behavior matters,' which is optimism. Shawn Achor behaviorbrainbelievepeople 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. Sharon Bolton crimecommunitybehaviorlove 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 the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents. Sergei Lavrov americanproblemsparentsbehavior As a young actor, it's important to see how the greatest in the industry work... diva behavior is never it. Sean Maguire neverbehaviorimportantwork The harassment and the bullying that students face is a learned behavior. Sarah McBride facebullyingbehaviorstudents There's still a narrower band of acceptable behavior for women than men. Sandra E. Peterson womenbandbehaviormen Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system. Rick Wagoner systemwrongsitbehavior What I've seen around the world is if the regulatory desires are combined with things that affect consumer behavior - such as in Europe, they tax gasoline very heavily - you do get people to move to very fuel efficient cars; trade off bigger vs. smaller cars. Rick Wagoner youbehaviorpeopleworld Leonardo Fibonacci, the great 13th century Italian mathematician (1175-1250) created the 'Fibonacci sequence' to explain behavior in nature mathematically. History has it that the first question he posed was how many rabbits would be created in one year starting with one pair. Rick Santelli greatbehaviornaturehistory You were saying that once when visiting Yale, you were struck that unlike Pound, Williams's thinking was volatile, I mean, did not stay locked into a pattern of concepts that then defined his subsequent necessary behavior, whereas Pound did. Robert Creeley sayingyoubehaviorthinking Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to mutual benefit is something that ought to be very congenial to people in the libertarian tradition. Robert Nozick placetraditionbehaviorpeople The FBI Academy teaches new agents that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Ronald Kessler bestfuturebehaviorpast You get more irrationality within the family and in consumer behavior than you get, say, in the behavior of firms in their purchases. Ronald Coase sayyoufamilybehavior«2526272829303132333435»
