Social Facilitation Quotes & Sayings

Then one day I found my head when I wasn't even trying. — Cat Stevens

Anyone who thinks that the Communist regimes of Central Europe are exclusively the work of criminals is overlooking a basic truth: The criminal regimes were made not by criminals but by enthusiasts convinced they had discovered the only road to paradise. They defended that road so valiantly that they were forced to execute many people. Later it became clear that there was no paradise, that the enthusiasts were therefore murderers. — Milan Kundera

We don't give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give 'em plenty of publicity. — Will Rogers

Quit jumping over our feelings! — Jeremy Davis

I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't like. People are interested in their own sexuality and they've always reflected it in their art. End of story. — Erica Jong

Though a person might not realize it, groups have a very powerful and dramatic effect on human behavior. Everyone acts differently when they are around people versus than when they are alone. SOCIAL FACILITATION The most basic theory regarding social psychology is that when a person is alone, he or she is more relaxed and not concerned about the appearance of their behavior. — Paul Kleinman

Time flies when you're running out of money. — James Cook

I was walking down the street the other day and these construction workers were working on the roof hammering away. One of them told me I was a paranoid lunatic ... in morse code. — Emo Philips

LESS fabrication, MORE facilitation — Ted Rubin

To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a lot of people that I had the insight I had. — Steve Harvey

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts. — Mary Ellen Chase