Repeat Behaviors Quotes & Sayings

Now and then I become conscious of having the reputation of being one of the great drinkers, if not one of the great drunks, of our time. — Kingsley Amis

I one day saw, in the assembly of this prince, a man with a knife in his hand, which he placed upon his own neck; he then made a long speech, not a word of which I could understand; he then firmly grasped the knife, and its sharpness and the force with which he urged it were such, that he severed his head from his body, and it fell on the ground.14 I was wondering much at the circumstance, when the King said to me: Does any among you do such a thing as this? I answered, I never saw one do so. He smiled, and said: These our servants do so, out of their love to us. He — Ibn Battuta

I don't throw cell phones. I don't hurt people, I only hurt myself. — Marc Jacobs

And then when you are actually in the moment and you see the time slipping away from you, you realize it wasn't just something people said in songs and poems and books. It was something those people had actually felt and been through. — Dan Skinner

Repetition takes time, but it builds behaviors with fewer side effects. If you expose yourself to something over and over, it can "grow on you." You can get to like things that are good for you, even if you don't like them instantly. But who wants to repeat something over and over if it doesn't feel good? Usually, people don't, which is why we tend to rely on the circuits built by accidents of experience. You will be shaped by accident unless you start repeating things by choice. — Loretta Graziano Breuning

Hope in Jehovah and follow his way, And he will exalt you to take possession of the earth. — Anonymous

If you just let things be, they eventually sort themselves out. — Daphne Kalotay

The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious. — Miguel De Cervantes

Fuck, I won a Hugo. — Neil Gaiman

The Romans saw loss of virtue all around them. The Victorians decried the decline in religiosity in the next generation. — Fareed Zakaria

Outing someone is like ripping a butterfly from its cocoon. You can damage them for life and rob them of THEIR life changing experience of liberation. For a successful emergence THEY have to struggle through the cocoon of fear and shame. THEN they can fly. — Anthony Venn-Brown

Time fell short of seconds and words fell short of breath as they all realized that Abraham Lincoln, friend, father, and leader was no more. — John C. Berry

There is a side of friendship that develops better and stronger by correspondence than contact ... The absence of the flesh in writing perhaps brings souls nearer. — Emily Carr

It is tragic that we have lost one of our nation's finest actors in the prime of his life. Heath Ledger's diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as some of the great performances by an Australian actor. — Kevin Rudd

When we develop reverence for food and the miracle of transformation inherent in it, just the simple act of eating creates a ritual of celebration. — Deepak Chopra

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. — Hippocrates

In training a dog you must reward only those behaviors you desire the dog to repeat endlessly. — Alexandra Horowitz