“If they weren't so dangerous and destructive, one could smile and pat the Modern Liberal on the head and tell him how cute he is and go on about the business of being an adult. But he is dangerous and destructive, with the True Believer's very purpose being the total destruction of everything that God and science-most obviously Western Civilization-has ever created. ...The Modern Liberal will invariably and, in fact, inevitably side with evil over good, wrong over right and the behaviors that lead to failure over those that lead to success.” IfsFactsPurposeEvilSidesModernDangerousGoes OnCivilizationBehaviorAdultsDestructionWesternBelieverCuteDestructiveWestern CivilizationTrue BelieverGod And Science Author:Evan Sayet
“The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized.” PeoplePurposeBehaviorTerrorism Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“The men who espoused unpopular causes may have been considered misguided, but they were rarely attacked for their morals or their masculinity. Women who did the same thing were apt to be denounced as harlots or condemned for being unfeminine - an all-purpose word that was used to describe almost any category of female behavior of which men disapproved.” MenMayHas BeensUsedPurposeCausesWomenMoralHe ManBehaviorFemaleSexismCategoriesMasculinityMisguidedHarlots Author:Margaret Truman Daniel
“The word religion literally means, in Latin, to link or bind together; and despite the vast variation in the world's religions, Wilson shows that religions always serve to coordinate and orient people's behavior toward each other and toward the group as a whole, sometimes for the purpose of competing with other groups.” PeopleWorldMeanSometimesWholeShowsTogetherPurposeGroupsBehaviorDespiteLatinLinksCompetingVariationWilsonCoordinates Book:The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Source: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
“I plead - that it's very difficult when you deal with - ISIS and organizations like that whose - whose behavior is so barbaric and so vicious - that it doesn't seem to have any purpose other than lust for killing and power. And that's very difficult to put ourselves in other shoes.” SeemsPurposeDifficultDealsBehaviorOrganizationKillingShoesLustViciousIsisBarbaric Author:Hillary Clinton
“If managers knew how deeply their behaviors could affect brain function - whether they are piling up too much work on someone or yelling at them for "motivational purposes", they would quit doing it.” IfsPurposeBrainToo MuchBehaviorFunctionQuittingManagersYellingToo Much WorkBrain Function Author:John Medina
“Anyone who studies the energy predicament understands its connection with the operations of capital - and by this I do not mean capitalism as an ideology, I mean the behavior of acquired wealth and its deployment for productive purpose. (A lot of educated idiots don't understand this, and we waste a lot of time blathering about capitalism.)” MeanPurposeEnergyWealthStudyWasteBehaviorCapitalismConnectionsEducatedIdeologyIdiotOperationsProductivePredicamentsDeployment Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Well, Americans expect our president to be human beings, and as imperfect as all of us are. They expect us to make mistakes and all that. But one thing the American public likes is, if you make a mistake, you do that, you cross that line that they expect you to behave under, then you apologize or then you correct that behavior and said you have learned, you are going to do better, you are going to achieve better, and you are going to serve a higher purpose than that.” PurposePresidentMistakeAchieveBehaviorBehaveMaking MistakesImperfectApologizing Author:Matthew Dowd
“Leaders instill purpose through their words and their actions. Their communications demonstrate a commitment to vision and mission, but their behaviors underscore its real importance. What a leader does is far more important than what he or she says. People want to see action and help achieve results.” PeopleImportantRealHelpingActionPurposeLeaderVisionAchieveCommunicationBehaviorCommitmentImportance Author:John Baldoni
“Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution.” LawPurposeRevolutionTenBehaviorConceptsNegativeCommandmentsMandatesTen CommandmentsFrench RevolutionGood Behavior Author:Randall Terry
“The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct.” TryingPhilosophyRealityCareLife IsPurposeBeliefAnimalExistenceWatchesAliveBehaviorPurpose Of LifeStaying AliveAnimals In Nature Book:Congo Source: Congo
“Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.” PeopleGivingPurposeGoalSimpleLibertyPrinciplesClearStupidBehaviorIntelligentAimComplexesEducationalLibertarianRegulationFoundersSetting GoalsRules And RegulationsSimple And Complex Author:Dee Hock