“In society, we have these unspoken rules of conduct, these 'shoulds.' Even though we pride ourselves on being a democracy, there are all these ways we say you 'should' behave. But what if you're living your life by the 'shoulds' and you're not really living your life?” IfsWayShouldDemocracyPrideBehaveWhat IfLive Your LifeUnspokenReally LivingUnspoken Rules Author:Chris Noth
“I didn’t want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave.” PeopleWantShouldLooksBehave Author:Clemence Poesy
“There exist some evils so terrible and some misfortunes so horrible that we dare not think of them, whilst their very aspect makes us shudder; but if they happen to fall on us, we find ourselves stronger than we imagined, we grapple with our ill luck, and behave better than we expected we should.” IfsThinkingShouldHappensFallEvilFearTerribleAspectStrongerLuckIllDareExpectedResilienceHorribleBehaveMisfortunes Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Many people have traveled all their lives and yet do not know how to behave themselves when on the road... Ladies and gentlemen should guard against traveling by rail while in a beastly state of intoxication... the morning is a good time to find out how many people have succeeded in getting on the passenger train, who ought to be in the stock car.” PeopleKnowsShouldStatesMorningKnow HowCarOughtTravelTrainBehaveGentlemanGood TimesTraveledPassengersRailIntoxicationLadies And GentlemenBeastly Author:Edgar Wilson Nye
“I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the appearance is that you reward bad behavior. But if North Korea behaves for some period of time, I would pretty much favor direct talks.” IfsShouldPeriodsBehaviorDirectRewardsAppearanceFavorsBehaveKoreaNorth KoreaMissilesKoreanBad BehaviorNorth Korean Author:Richard Armitage
“The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look.” ShouldLooksNormalAppearanceBehaveReverseAbsolutely Nothing Author:P. J. O'Rourke