Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Jonathan Haidt Quotes

The most important thing to realize is we're not blank slates at birth. We don't start off with nothing in our heads, and then get imprinted entirely by our environment. There's something in our heads on the day we're born, and then we grow up and make choices.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: american
Birth: October 19, 1963

Topics

Day Start Choices Grow Environment

The publicity and hoopla was never important to me.

Me Important Never Publicity

I believe the more you talk about everyday issues, the more it helps other people deal with it themselves.

Jermaine Fowler

People Believe You Everyday Talk

I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.

Good Thought Enough Down Beyond Did

My main form of transportation at that time was a bicycle, because bicycles could move though the crowd.

Time Bicycle Transportation Move

A bit of a theory, more a corner of the eye noticing than an airtight argument: in the course of long artistic careers, women are more likely than men to change form and style, Proteus-like.

Stacey D'Erasmo

Change Women Style Men Eye Long

Concussions are still kind of a mysterious thing.

Kind Mysterious Still Thing

In philanthropy, you have to take the attitude of a mother... You have to be patient, and we have been very patient for a long time.

Mother Attitude Time Long You Take

A lot of times, you feel like you're walking on eggshells in a creative environment, because everyone's having to watch out for egos so much of the time.

Time Creative Feel Walking You Out

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

Work Great Yourself More Opening Up

Big game hunters and the hunting industry in South Africa know a lot of people regard what they do as terrible, and the media have tended not to do them any favours. So it was an uphill struggle to win trust from the people and to get into the world.

Trust Struggle People Win World

I listen to a lot of 'Ave Maria.'

Listen Maria Lot

So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures working with Congress to ensure that our economy grows, that we create jobs.

Focus Control Create Congress Take

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Jonathan Haidt