Natural Behaviour Quotes

#1. The formation of scales and of the web of harmony is a product of artistic invention, and is in no way given by the natural structure or by the natural behaviour of our hearing, as used to be generally maintained hitherto.

Hermann Von Helmholtz

#2. Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it's only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.

Ban Ki-moon

#3. I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.

Frances Burney

#4. ... quite naturally, I am curious about behaviour which does not fit the natural patterns, which floats suspended at some unexplored level of the sentient sea and defies the tides and waves of society.

David Case

#5. the line between what clinicians can do well and what they cannot do at all well is not obvious, and certainly not obvious to them.

Daniel Kahneman

#6. A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.

David Hockney

#7. We often suffer from akrasia, weakness of will. So we become good people the way we become good tennis players or violinists, through practice until the behaviour we aspire to becomes natural and instinctive. Being moral means acquiring the habits of the heart we call virtue.

Jonathan Sacks

#8. People who think that love, sex, marriage, work, play, life and death are serious matters are urged NOT to read this book. Buy it, yes, but don't read it. [Regarding "The Fool's Progress"]

Edward Abbey

#9. When I wrote 'Marvin Gaye,' my whole intention was to make a record that people would put on a record player ... and just instantly make out with each other.

Charlie Puth

#10. God has implanted a natural tendency to the monarchial form of government not only in the hearts of men but in practically all things.

Robert Bellarmine

#11. Chaler, who had finished his ale, left the cup where it was, making no effort to procure more, indicating that he was capable of what the natural philosopher calls "learning behaviour," which turn of phrase pleases us so much that we cannot resist making use of it.

Steven Brust

#12. The conservative society accepts that rebellion and bad behaviour are natural and must be curbed. The liberal society requires all its citizens to be perfectly balanced, conforming to its ideals and aims with a happy heart and a willing mind - a

Peter Hitchens

#13. Well, right now, technically, I have no breast cancer.

Lynn Redgrave