Philip Zimbardo Quotes

Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented.

Philip Zimbardo

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TimePerspectivePastPeoplePresent

You can't be evangelical and associate yourself with Jesus and what he says about the poor and just have no other domestic concerns than tax cuts for wealthy people.

Jim Wallis

YourselfPeopleYouTaxPoorJust

Well, I think mostly we're dressing for men.

Jerry Hall

MenThinkDressingWellI Think

If you've written a powerful book about a woman and your publisher then puts a 'feminine' image on the cover, it 'types' the book.

Meg Wolitzer

WomanBookYouPowerfulImageYour

I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly.

Jeffrey Eugenides

CityGrowing UpBookThinkGrowYou

In 2006, when I had come very close to calling my agent and telling him I needed to take a break, NaNoWriMo was where I found my inspiration again.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

InspirationHimBreakTakeWhere

The Prescott fight made me change from a boy to a man: it took me out of my comfort zone because when you lose a fight, you look at the mistakes and everything. That is what happened. I've changed from a boy to a man.

Amir Khan

ChangeMistakesManFightMeLook

Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.

Sophia Loren

StrengthDisciplinePeopleBelieve

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

Spike Lee

MusicHistoryWorldAmericaViolence

It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government.

Roy Moore

GodRelationshipPurposeGovernment

Every action we have is going to have repercussions in ways we could not anticipate.

Jay Asher

ActionGoingEveryWaysCould

Accusations are useless.

Dominique de Villepin

Useless

Moral training in Ireland is severe and lasts until marriage. Even in childhood, we are taught by the pious clergy to battle against bad thoughts so that we may preserve our holy purity.

Austin Clarke

MarriageChildhoodTrainingThoughts

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