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“Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.”

Men Has Beens War Habit Excitement Live By Thrill Thrilling

Author:William James

“It's terrible to allow conventional habits to gain a hold on a whole household; to eat, sleep and live by clock ticks.”

Whole Sleep Habit Terrible Gains Clock Live By Conformity Conventions Household Conventional Tick

Author:Zelda Fitzgerald

“Ease leads to habit, as success to ease. He lives by rule who lives himself to please.”

Habit Please Ease Live By

Book:The poetical works of the rev. George Crabbe: with his letters and journals, and his life

Source: The poetical works of the rev. George Crabbe: with his letters and journals, and his life

“A convention is a social pattern we have chosen to prefer over whatever the raw world simply proffers. It is a sign of the operation of the mind, drawing the assent of a sufficient number of other minds so that the agreement will be widely operative. A convention is not a custom; a custom is a habit in which a sufficient number acquiesce. A custom can appear as a convention, but it is really a lesser act, the result of passive acceptance rather than of the imposition of design. It is the difference between learning to live by the annual flooding of the river or by a calendar.”

“Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.”

Opportunity Principles Habit Republican Vote Democrat Live By Sheer

Author:J. C. Watts

“Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine - people I have never discussed animal rights or vegetarianism with - are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it.”

People Certain Animal Levels Rights Awareness Example Mines Habit Everyday Live By Vegetarian Animal Rights Everyday Life Vegetarianism Adopting

Author:Joaquin Phoenix

“When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.”

Literature Habit Live By Quotations

Author:James A. Baldwin