“Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.”

All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don’t know what they’re talking about.

I’ve learned, That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

It isn’t working that’s so hard, it’s getting ready to work.

Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?

The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

Anyone should be very suspicious of a sentence he’s written that can’t be read aloud easily.

I didn’t get old on purpose, it just happened. If you’re lucky, it could happen to you.

I’ve learned, That money doesn’t buy class.

A cat’s idea of a ‘good time’ is to kill something.

I’ve learned, That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

I’ve learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

Once you pass forty, a dime isn’t worth bending over to pick up if you drop one.

All of us talk faster than we listen.

My most serious character flaw is that I don’t deny myself much.

I’ve learned that under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.

I guess I’m just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems … they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn’t got one.

The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early ’60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress.

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.

My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me.

We are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information.