Behaving Quotations

Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.

As an actor, I endeavor to find the reason in the unreasonable. Because no one thinks they are being unreasonable or unrealistic or demanding or behaving madly. We all see ourselves as being justified.

We are still behaving as if a worker really doesn't have a family because the work pattern really was meant for men who really were the financial support but weren't looking after their families. We need to change this, and we can easily do that.

If you let the plot be determined by what you feel is in the character's mind at that point, it may not turn out to be a very good play, but at least it will be a play where people are behaving in a kind of truthful way.

We're going to have ourselves a good party. We've been behaving ourselves for a long time.

Ultimately, if you're not behaving ethically, especially when it comes to information technology, especially when it comes to dictators, you are helping shape a world in which dictatorships are stronger.

When this outbreak (in Turkey) was first reported, there was a lot of concern it was behaving differently.

Mr. Pitt is not behaving in a trustworthy manner that will bring credibility back to the market and restore investor confidence, and I again urge President Bush to ask Harvey Pitt to step aside from his post today,

No one I know has any real idea why voters are behaving the way they are this year-why the polls have been bouncing around, why Gore has been unable to capitalize on the state of the economy, why silly nonevents like kisses and appearances on Oprah seem to be having a real effect on who is going to be the next president.

Only a state which is terrified of the truth resorts to sending men in masks into television and radio studios, ... Only a regime determined to try to cut Serbia off completely from the rest of Europe could conceive of behaving in this way.

If this storm wasn't out there, the market would probably be behaving much better.

For years, I was either referred to as a 'rubber-faced funny man' or 'the 'Men Behaving Badly' star.'

He has got to create confidence ... in Northern Ireland that the law will be observed and will be enforced, and when republicans are found to be behaving in a way that is contrary to their undertakings, that he will act.

He is behaving too loudly on this -- too loudly ... Well, now (some are saying) let us flood it all with planes and bombs. No, frankly speaking, it is not like Clinton at all.

He is not the type of offender likely to repeat. He's behaving himself and has been and exemplary inmate.

There is more repression, a more repressive atmosphere and there are no new ideas coming from the government. It is behaving as if everything is normal and that is what is making the situation really bad.

He wasn't behaving up to standards that meet our ethical code. He was engaging in behavior that was unbecoming of an officer.

He (Clinton) is behaving too loudly on this -- too loudly

Kellogg, for a lot of years, was behaving exactly as Kraft is behaving now.

I think all the drug companies are behaving the same way and I think it's because they have to, ... Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine.

I think there should be a law of Nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way!

Overall, demand seems to be behaving seasonally. It's not strong out there but it's not as bad as the market seems to indicate,

Looking back now, he was not behaving like he used to.

I think he feels that he is in a crisis. He is behaving like a general in a battle.

The Americans are still behaving like invaders, not liberators. They behave as if they hate these people.

The art of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.

We care about the detainees being treated right. We care about soldiers behaving right. We are about command systems working.

Unlike my mother, who was unashamedly delighted when I decided to become an actor, I always feel that my father, had he lived longer, might have been a touch disapproving of some of my career - I think he might have tutted a bit at 'Men Behaving Badly.'

We focus our enforcement actions on operations that are behaving in the most fraudulent and deceptive fashion.

We are heading for 1,000 percent inflation by the year end if we do not start behaving better. The government itself is beginning to feel the impact of their policies. They don't want the consequences of having, one month, not paid the army.

To transcend limitations and form positive new patterns of life based on who you know you can be rather than who you were yesterday, you must give up the modes of thinking, feeling and behaving that only keep you chained to your past.

The reality of it is that private banks are not behaving from an economically rational point of view. From a shareholders point of view, there should have been an enormous amount of mergers.

We've been seeing double-digit declines in confidence for more than a year, yet people don't mind buying a new car or a truck or trading up for a new house or taking out a second mortgage -- you would think these people have guns to their heads. We feel so lousy, but it sure doesn't seem like we're behaving that way.

We knew just from the way it was behaving and the way it was transmitted in the family that it must be a single gene.

With all these positive developments, the market is behaving irrationally.

When you have a manager change, you always want to keep a close eye on the fund going forward to make sure the fund is behaving in a way you're comfortable with.

The government is not behaving in a manner befitting a country which should respect the rule of law. We're saying that if you issue an order, which is protected by law, then carry it out.

We're telling more about not behaving as a spectator, ... More the point of the story is to get in and get involved.

You cannot have a constitutional democracy with the National Intelligence Agency behaving in this fashion.

Was he behaving as a gentleman at this point in time?

At the moment, we are behaving differently than many other analysts thought we would be behaving - we're at the target of some of them for the year.

Core producer price inflation generally has been behaving quite well. We think there's going to be some modest upward pressure as energy prices feed through the system, but it's not going to be a persistent or lengthy problem.

I've worked very hard on the putting the last two weeks. My driver is just behaving again, so that's a good combination.

Pricing should remain intact, ... Times are relatively good for the drive industry and everybody seems to be behaving themselves in terms of not overproducing.

Are people behaving as if they believe this is a weak economy? I see no indication of that. In fact, I see the contrary.

And the most amusing thing is when they would start behaving as if this were the Super Bowl.

The calf wasn't behaving abnormally, but it was swimming slowly.

That's how we figured out if they were behaving rationally or not. Did they pick according to all the information they had previously?

You see people in different situations behaving in very different ways. That can only benefit you as an actor.

You're only famous in the eyes of others. Inside, you're still the same, and not a hundred million records or TV shows can change that. I think the only pitfall of fame is believing that it means something, and behaving like that.

This administration needs to stop behaving like the United States of Saudi Arabia and it needs to start mobilizing international pressure to get Saudi Arabia to stop funding, training and breeding global terror in the first place,

A lot of people are surprised that the markets are behaving as well as they are. But there's a sense that even the negative numbers don't matter as much as they might have, that markets are preceding the turn of the economy.

Altogether we're on target. The market's behaving very well right now.

There'll be a will in the inter-American community to isolate Nicaragua politically and economically if there were this sort of power grab against the elected president of the country by elements of Nicaragua that are behaving very, very irresponsibly, that have put the personal interests of a couple of leaders ahead of the national interest.

This market was behaving as if it were an oligarchy. Now our prices are going up and down. That was the intent of the law.

There's a suggestion that the roof in that part of the building is acting in very strange ways, and tension now comes into it. I hear the roof is completely safe because it has so much reserve strength, but towards the sides of the chamber will be bits that are not behaving as expected.

It's an irrationally behaving market. It's very difficult to figure out where it is going to go.

Football is a school of humility and behavior. I am not proud of our second red card in two games. I am not happy with the way some of my players are behaving ... I feel a bit ashamed.

It's almost as if laws aren't necessary if people start instinctively behaving in ways that don't tread inordinately on each other's turf.

The North Koreans are behaving just like you'd predict. For every I that has to be dotted and T that has to be crossed, the North Koreans are going to demand their ounce of gold. So not only is it going to be a difficult road, I'm not sure we'll ever get to the end of it.

The bond market's behaving like the world has come to an end,

It's behaving pretty much as we expected. We knew this one was going to go through the roof and it did.

I've heard of two (incidents) that were just unfortunate -- people not behaving responsibly. I think there's been much ado about nothing.

It was a good script and it was a great story. It was just that it was basically an American western dumped in Australia. When I read it, I thought everyone's been behaving properly. Where's the incompetence, where's the failure?

Not only were we top of the Scottish Premier League, our season tickets had doubled and we were planning ground expansion, ... Vladimir Romanov is behaving like a dictator and if he continues to do that there will be a revolution against him.

It's not behaving like the rest of the Riverside County area. The rates of increase are lower than what we're seeing in the rest of Southern California.

I'm not sure that temporary discipline is what some of these kids need. I think more of a prolonged approach would be best. Their tenure over there is very temporary, and I haven't seen any evidence that when they go back they are behaving any better.

I'm not very enthusiastic. I think the market is not behaving well as a whole. There's just a lot of trepidation about earnings when you look forward into the new year when the reports come in January.

If parents are behaving in ways which put the lives of children at risk then we have some responsibility to act,

If you're not playing well and you're a little bit edgy and people aren't behaving the way you're used to, you could lose it a little on the court.

If you're playing a villain, you like to have a rationale. Why is this person behaving in that way? It can't just be 'I'm going to kill them all, I want to take over the world!' Because then your character becomes a functionary, the hero's opposition and nothing else.

I have said before that the USDA is like a fascist organization, and I say now that the USDA is behaving like a fascist organization,

Behaving like a manager means having command of the whole range of management skills and applying them as they become appropriate.

The market is just behaving very nicely. We have given up very little of the rally since March.

Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.

America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being 'hegemonistic', of engaging in 'unilateralism', of behaving as if we're the only nation on earth that counts. We are.

Classic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. ROLLING IN THE MUCK IS NOT THE BEST WAY OF GETTING CLEAN.