“No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels. Broadly, we can afford to sink those sorts of knowledge which continue to be true regardless of changes in the environment, but we must maintain in an accessible place all those controls of behavior which must be modified for every instance. The economics of the system, in fact, pushes organisms toward sinking into the unconscious those generalities of relationship which remain permanently true and toward keeping within the conscious the pragmatic of particular instances.” MatterFactsLevelsDealsEnvironmentParticularBehaviorConsciousEconomicsBeing TrueInstanceUnconsciousOrganismsSinkingPragmaticGeneralities Author:Gregory Bateson
“Man is the only mammal whose normal method of locomotion is to walk on two legs. A pattern of mammal behavior that emerges only once in the whole history of life on earth takes a great deal of explaining.” MenTwoWholeEarthWalksDealsBehaviorNormalMethodPatternsLegsBiologyExplainingMammalsHistory Of Life Author:Elaine Morgan
“Elites are once again invoking Reagan, dropping their Gs and saying things in a folksy sort of way thats meant to capture the hearts of people. And its all fraud; its all stagecraft. And people are falling for a great deal of elite behavior in this country packaged as if its proletariat behavior.” PeopleIfsWayHeartCountryFallDealsBehaviorCaptureFraudElitesDroppingProletariatStagecraft Author:Eugene Jarecki
“Sometimes it comes out in what I call tricksy behavior. That's not always easy to deal with, but it's fascinating. The key thing is to make sure that somebody's tricks don't trip up somebody else.” SometimesEasyDealsKeysBehaviorTricksFascinatingKey Things Author:Kenneth Branagh
“There is a parallel between the twos and the tens. Tens are trying to test their abilities again, sizing up and experimenting to discover how to fit in. They don't mean everything they do and say. They are just testing. . . . Take a good deal of your daughter's behavior with a grain of salt. Try to handle the really outrageous as matter-of-factly as you would a mistake in grammar or spelling.” TryingMeanMatterAbilityDealsMistakeFitBehaviorDaughterTestsHandleSaltGrainTestingGrammarParallelsOutrageousSpellingYour DaughterGrain Of Salt Author:Stella Chess
“There is a certain kind of person who is so dominated by the desire to be loved for himself alone that he has constantly to test those around him by tiresome behavior; what he says and does must be admired, not because it is intrinsically admirable, but because it is his remark, his act. Does not this explain a good deal of avant-garde art?” KindPersonsDoeArtDesireCertainDealsBehaviorTestsRemarksAdmirableAvant GardeTiresomeAvant Garde Art Author:W. H. Auden
“Becoming more flexible, open-minded, having a capacity to deal with change is a good thing. But it is far from the whole story. Grandparents, in the absence of the social institutions that once demanded civilized behavior, have their work cut out for them. Our grandchildren are hungry for our love and approval, but also for standards being set.” WholeStoriesSocialDealsCuttingBecomingBehaviorStandardsCapacityInstitutionsGood ThingsAbsenceHungryCivilizedApprovalGrandparentOur LoveGrandchildrenFlexibleOpen MindedBecoming MoreSocial InstitutionsCivilized Behavior Author:Eda LeShan
“I think to deal with Putin, you need to deal from strength. He's a bully, you enable bad behavior when you're nuanced with a guy like that.” ThinkingNeedsGuyDealsStrengthBehaviorBullyPutinBad Behavior Author:Jeb Bush
“If the world powers are not prepared to insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal is signed, at the very least they should insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal expires.” IfsWorldShouldChangeDealsBehaviorPreparedIranBe PreparedWorld Power Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“Behavior must also be adequately assessed under appropriate circumstances. Ill-defined global measures of perceived self-efficacy or defective assessments of performance will yield discordances. Disparities will also arise when efficacy is judged for performances in actual situations but performance is measured in simulated situations that are easier to deal with than the actualities” SelfDealsSituationCircumstancesEasierBehaviorPerformancesIllAriseDefinedAppropriateYieldJudgedAssessmentActualityEfficacyDisparityDefectiveSelf EfficacyPerceived Self Author:Albert Bandura
“There are cells in the brain that respond to faces. This is one of the reasons that I deal with portraiture. We can learn a lot about our perception of facial expression from the behavior of these cells.” ReasonFacesDealsBrainExpressionBehaviorPerceptionCellsFacialPortraitureFacial Expression Author:Eric Kandel
“Learning to spot narcissists and deal with their destructive behavior can save you the world of hurt that awaits anyone who mistakes the near enemy for a friend.” WorldHurtDealsMistakeEnemyBehaviorSpotsDestructiveNarcissistDestructive Behavior Author:Martha Beck