Constancy Psychology Quotes & Sayings

Babies are designed to cry when they need something and mothers are designed to respond. — Pamela Druckerman

The term which psychology has coined for our relative imperviousness to the dizzy variations that go on in the world around us is "constancy." The color, shape, and brightness of things remain to us relatively constant, even though we may notice some variation with the change of distance, illumination, angle of vision, and so on. — E.H. Gombrich

I reserve hatred for a select few. And even then, I'm ashamed of it. — Jim Melvin

In my mind, the function of the bank is to save your money. The bank should not cost you money. — Celso Cukierkorn

Believe me, I know all about bottle acoustics. I spent much of the sixth century in an old sesame oil jar, corked with wax, bobbing about in the Red Sea. No one heard my hollers. In the end an old fisherman set me free, by which time I was desperate enough to grant him several wishes. I erupted in the form of a smoking giant, did a few lightning bolts, and bent to ask him his desire. Poor old boy had dropped dead of a heart attack. There should be a moral there, but for the life of me I can't see one. — Jonathan Stroud

Their voices reach out into the empty yard, plunge deep into the hills, go right through the heart. — Marguerite Duras

Changing laws and changing the political dialogue, while necessary, is insufficient to ensure that bullying stops; to ensure that every young person is supported by their parents and their teachers as they question who they are and they discover who they are regardless of the sexuality. — Chelsea Clinton

Not having children makes less work-but it makes a quiet house. — Susan Glaspell

To praise oneself is considered improper, immodest; to praise one's own sect, one's own philosophy, is considered the highest duty. — Lev Shestov

I am tired of days that are all the same. — Paulo Coelho

Real love's beautiful, elusive, and mean as a snake. — J.D. Robb

How many no's am I willing to accept on my way to success? — Tom Hopkins

In the act of tearing something apart, you lose its meaning. — Malcolm Gladwell