Behavioral Insight Quotes

The views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions.

When government programs fail, it is often because public officials are clueless about how human beings think and act.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I don't think you ever know anyone until you see them in action.

If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.

I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.

If you know what kind of music somebody loves, then you can kind of figure out why they do what they do.

No, the only way to know what people think is to watch what they do, not what they say. Do they come back for more? Do you cause them to change their behavior? Can you make them smile?

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

Not to understand the doer is to have no certain knowledge of what has been done, or why it was undertaken

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

You cannot rise about your words. A lot of people use foul, pornographic, filthy, language and you SEE, all of those words paint pictures and they reveal the internal thinking of the person on the inside. YOU cannot RISE (forward, onward upward) above your words.

If you spend enough time around something like baboons, you start to look at humans differently.

We see and understand more about our behaviors. We come aware. And aware. And aware. . . Often, we feel uncertain about what to do with all this awareness.

I'm definitely an observer of human behavior. I always have been.

I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.

What I don't like so much is to give explanations about people's behaviour... I'm not interested in making conclusions. I would never think about myself or anyone else, 'Well, this happened, this happened, this happened, so this must be the result.' It doesn't work like that with me.

I'm a world-class people watcher. I like to watch people's body movements, their expressions. It says so much about them.

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.

People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.

I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I just watch a lot of different films and different TV shows. Really for me, it's just looking at how people react to different shows in different genres. For me, it's more a study of people than a study of acting.