Maladaptive Behavior Quotes

#1. An explosive outburst - like other forms of maladaptive behavior - occurs when the cognitive demands being placed upon a person outstrip that person's capacity to respond adaptively.

Ross W. Greene

#2. No culture on earth is as heavily narcotized as the industrial West in terms of being inured to the consequences of maladaptive behavior. We pursue a business-as-usual attitude in a surreal atmosphere of mounting crises and irreconcilable contradictions.

Terence McKenna

#3. Being naturally happy is the most impressive sign of freedom.

Eraldo Banovac

#4. How could a mother who boils water for pasta leave two little girls behind?

Jandy Nelson

#5. Clarity is a perception; it's an emotional alignment of thoughts, intuitions, inclinations, expression and expectations.

Pearl Zhu

#6. When I see gurgling retarded children (that's God's doing, by the way, not mine) happily styling their hair with their own stinking mards, I think of Adam in those pre-marital days. I know he's your great-to-the-nth-degree-granddad and all - but I'm afraid he was rather an imbecile.

Glen Duncan

#7. May all your joys be pure joys, and all your pain champagne.

Mrs. Graham

#8. Letting go of your desires will allow them to come to you much quicker

Steven Aitchison

#9. Explain to people that everything they say is an affirmation. Everything they think is an affirmation. Everything! What you want to do is to get control of what you are saying and thinking, so these things bring you good experiences in life rather than rotten experiences.

Louise Hay

#10. Instead of getting mad or getting even, get creative.

Pat Williams

#11. A Seer dreams of all kinds of endings, but never a happy one for herself.

Emm Cole

#12. Not everything set on fire will rise.

Darnell Lamont Walker

#13. You've seen, like, movies. Of kisses, right? Your lips need to be, like, wanting to be kissed."
Blue touched her mouth. "What are they doing now?"
"Like, bracing themselves.

Maggie Stiefvater

#14. Self-belief is not self-centred. We can only fight effectively for others if we already believe in ourselves.

Carla H. Krueger

#15. Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.

Earl Campbell