Quotes having the keyword Habit
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
by Anthony Trollope (Author, English , born in 1815) keywords: alloy, enjoyment, fade, habit, lasts, only, other, pleasures, reading , which Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.
by Barbara Tuchman (Historian, American , born in 1912) keywords: bureaucratic, capricious, demands, discipline, easy, enough, form, habit, idiotic, obey, orders, plain , reasonable The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.
by Edward Burnett Tylor (Scientist, English , born in 1832) keywords: afterwards, building, chosen, first, followed, forced, habit, had, holland, houses, just, matter, piles, position, taste, upon , which Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
by Peter Ustinov (Actor, English , born in 1921) topics: Love keywords: act, becomes, endless, forgiveness, habit, look, love, tender , which While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
by Sarah Vowell (Author, American , born in 1969) keywords: ago, believe, creed, everlasting, gave, god, habit, happiness, liberty, life, long, never, pursuit, replaced, shook, something, time, up, wanting , while Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.
by Edith Wharton (Author, American , born in 1862) keywords: against, alive, fought, habit, habits, having, incessantly, into, must, necessary, remain, rut, trail , turning I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
by Patrick White (Author, Australian , born in 1912) keywords: behind, closed, developed, dining, door, habit, novels, table, uncle , writing If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated.
by Paul Williams (born in 1939) keywords: allow, am, being, checkmate, defeated, fact, form, habit, inevitably, negro, now , will Yet otters have not been hunters in water long enough for the habit to become an instinct.
by Henry Williamson (Author, English , born in 1895) keywords: become, been, enough, habit, hunters, instinct, long, water , yet Character... is a habit, the daily choice of right over wrong; it is a moral quality which grows to maturity in peace and is not suddenly developed on the outbreak of war.
by Charles Wilson (Public Servant, British , born in 1882) keywords: character, choice, daily, developed, grows, habit, maturity, moral, outbreak, over, peace, quality, right, suddenly, war, which , wrong Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies to no part of inorganic nature, and is very limited even in the phenomena of organic life.
by Chauncey Wright (Philosopher, American , born in 1830) keywords: applies, come, downwards, even, habit, inorganic, life, limited, made, move, natural, nature, never, organic, part, pass, phenomena, rather, selection, should, stone, than, unsupported, upwards , very Get the habit of analysis - analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind.
by Frank Lloyd Wright (Architect, American , born in 1970) keywords: analysis, become, enable, get, habit, mind, synthesis, time, will , your In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis.
by Dwight Yoakam (Musician, American , born in 1956) keywords: able, bag, basis, cassette, commit, constant, developed, habit, house, ideas, keeping, memory, numerous, past, recorders, small, song, tape , years Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.
by Loretta Young (Actor, American , born in 1913) keywords: credit, due, form, giving, habit, inestimable, rewarding, rewards, very , where Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others.
by Loretta Young (Actor, American , born in 1913) keywords: after, criticizing, delightful, entered, entertained, enthusiasm, habit, insatiable, just, others, suddenly , teens