“the New Englander landed on a stony, barren tract, and a large share of his strength during two centuries has gone to force a living out of it. Hence he has come to regard economy - a necessary unpleasant quality at best - as the chief of virtues. He has cultivated habits which verge on closeness in dealing with food, and with the expression of feeling, and even - his enemies think - with feeling itself.” ThinkingTwoFeelingsForceQualityEnemyEconomyGoneVirtueShareCenturyExpressionHabitRegardChiefsBarrenVergeClosenessThriftExpression Of Feeling Author:Rebecca Harding Davis
“I've gone into prisons, I've gone into schools, I've gone into corporations, all over the world. It doesn't matter where you go, people are essentially the same. Our culture is different, but culture is nothing but group habit, culture is paradigm and when you get past the culture, people are essentially the same.” PeopleWorldDifferentMatterSchoolPastCultureGoneGroupsHabitPrisonCorporationsParadigm Author:Bob Proctor
“I know it sounds hard to believe, but habits laid down by our ancestors persist even after the conditions that created those habits have gone away.” KnowsBelieveHardSoundGoneConditionsHabitAncestorPersistHard To BelieveGone Away Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Habit keeps my life going, with occasional pushes from desire.” DesireGoneHabitOccasional Author:Mason Cooley
“I was heavily into AD&D in my teens (late 1970s-early 1980s) but fell off the RPG habit in the mid-80s and have never gone back to it; my lifestyle today isn't very compatible with having a regular gaming group (too much travel).” TodayGoneToo MuchGroupsHabitLateLifestyleAdsTeens80sCompatibleGamingRpgs Author:Charles Stross
“My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone. It's a habit I have to stave off. I don't want to lose all my teeth.” KnowsWantNextLosesKnownGoneCoupleHabitTeethMapleSyrupMaple Syrup Author:Rufus Wainwright
“All I know is that we are loaded down with old and stale stuff - habits, customs, old attitudes already dead and gone.” KnowsStuffAttitudeGoneHabitCustomsLoadedStale Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of our bodies. Once that load is gone (or so some ancient texts teach us) the mind is like a horse off the tether. So the habits we get into here might have something to do with what happens to us afterwards. An exciting but harrowing idea, given the everyday state of my mind. But also hopeful, since that's something a person can work with.” MindPersonsIdeasStatesBodyMightHappensGivenAnimalViewsPowerfulTeachGoneHabitExcitingHorseEverydayAncientChecksHopefulLoadOf My Mind Author:George Saunders
“To destroy abuses is not enough; Habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there." ~old man G--- to Monseigneur Bienvenu Myriel” MenStillsEnoughGoneChangedWindHabitAbuseWindmills Author:Victor Hugo
“Death doesn't make you sad- it makes you empty. That's what's so bad about it. All of your charms and beliefs and funny habits fall fast through a big black hole, and suddenly you know they're gone because just as suddenly, there's nothing left at all inside.” KnowsBigsFallBeliefLeftBlackGoneHabitEmptyHolesCharmBlack Hole Author:Jonathan Carroll
“This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.” LongLastsReadingHoursPerfectPleasureSupportGoneHabitCreaturesPreparedPleasantFadesRecreationSupport You Author:Anthony Trollope