Habituation Psychology Quotes & Sayings

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. — Ambrose Bierce

The public psychology of going into debt for gain passes through several more or less distinct phases: (a) the lure of big prospective dividends or gains in income in the remote future; (b) the hope of selling at a profit, and realizing a capital gain in the immediate future; (c) the vogue of reckless promotions, taking advantage of the habituation of the public to great expectations; (d) the development of downright fraud, imposing on a public which had grown credulous and gullible. — Irving Fisher

Well as for Ian Rush, he's perfectly fit, apart, that is, from his physical fitness — Mike England

For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not done. — Judd Apatow

At first Tatiana could not get through her day without physically holding herself together. There was no comfort inside her, and she knew it. There was nowhere she could turn to inside herself to leave the darkness. No memory she could fondly think of, no gentle joke, no musical refrain. There was no part of her body she could touch without shuddering. Nowhere she could look without seeing Alexander. — Paullina Simons

Habituation is indeed a fact of human psychology. That's one reason we like novelty, including different cuts of jeans. — Virginia Postrel

You could call me a 'card-carrying feminist,' if there were a card to carry. — Susannah Grant

If not now then when? Oh I can always do it tomorrow. Unfortunately there is no lifetime of tomorrows. — Joe Sacco

We have to do a lot of things we don't want to do, Jean Louise." She blazed. "What kind of answer is that? — Harper Lee

And so now, under a Colorado sky so blue it hurt my eyes, we arrived at the terrible truth. You can plot your escape, you can ditch your life and your family, and you can race down a two-lane highway in a stolen car. But there are things you can never out run — James Patterson

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline. — Jane Byrne