Human Behavior Quotes

"To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved." "People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their sili" "Vengeance is the most costly and dissipating of luxuries." "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." "Five percent of the people think ten percent of the people think they think and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think" "We are what we are because we have been what we have been and what is needed for solving the problems of human life and motives is not moral estimates but more knowledge. " "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. " "It is much easier to scam people for billions than it is to scam them for millions" "People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty." "Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish" "Prejudices are what fools use for reason." "I say if you're so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone" "When we have money, we start making mistakes." "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." "People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar." "I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows." "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." "You can reduce the annoyance of someone’s stupid belief by increasing your understanding of why they believe it." "Our elegy is a sociological one, yes, but it is also about psychology and community and culture and faith."