“half the good intentions of my life have been frustrated by my unfortunate habit of putting things off till to-morrow.” Has BeensHalfHabitIntentionProcrastinationFrustratedUnfortunateGood IntentionsMorrowPutting Things Off Book:Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823 Source: Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823
“Experience shows that what great role pratice and experience play in education; pratice, the prolonged exercice lead to habit: exemple suggests imitation. Habit can become a second nature, but, wrongly directed (or guided), it may also heighten (or intensify) unfortunate tendencies and be an obstacle to progress.” MayPlayShowsRolesProgressHabitObstaclesTendenciesUnfortunateImitation Author:African Spir
“We have this unfortunate habit in the United States of dividing terrorism into different categories. External, foreign terrorism, which manifests itself overseas or in the United States, or domestic terrorism.” DifferentStatesUnitedUnited StatesHabitTerrorismCategoriesUnfortunateDividing Author:Malcolm Wrightson Nance
“Much of eating is about customs and habits, and we've developed some unfortunate ones. Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program. You know, the average person will eat up to 50 percent more food when distracted.” KnowsPersonsEnoughTogetherFrontsTvsHabitEatingPercentProgramAverageCustomsUnfortunateDistractedAverage Person Author:Mehmet Oz
“I just have to come clean and admit I am an extremely, painfully slow writer. I have this unfortunate - or fortunate, I'm not sure which is correct - habit of editing while I'm writing which everyone tells me that I shouldn't do that. But that's just the way I write and I think it's important to stay true to your own writing style and momentum.” ThinkingWritingImportantStyleHabitNot SureUnfortunateStay TrueWriting Style Author:Nami Mun
“An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.” WorldGivingThis WorldHabitEasierGiving UpUnfortunateGood HabitsUnfortunate Things Author:W. Somerset Maugham
“The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.” FirstsHas BeensMadeLiteratureIndividualSidesMistakeWorstHabitContactAssumptionEncountersUnfortunateBoth SidesFirst Contact Author:David Brin