Social Motivation Quotes

I am always stimulated by people. Almost never by ideas.

Defeat or the possibility of defeat is a great social motivating force for change.

I used to act in plays when I was in school and college, but you cannot say that I was passionate about acting. I was only interested in being a part of the group, and the group was passionate about filmmaking.

I get inspired by my friends, and if a friend is a writer, that is even deeper.

All Society therefore is either for Gain, or for Glory; (i.e.) not so much for love of our Fellowes

To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.

I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls.

The group of guys I have... They are playing off straight motivation.

When people feel they're getting to speak into what's being preached, there is high built-in motivation to participate.

People can care about changing the world. But what gets them to act is pressure and social reward.

I never wanted to have a workout where I was by myself. I always wanted to have somebody to compete against.

The State is not, as many political scientists would make it, an inanimate thing; it consists of people, human beings, each of whom operates under an inner compulsion to get the most out of life with the least expenditure of labor.

I've never been motivated by money. My peers and colleagues inspire me.

All art is political. Yes. Even the stuff that sounds like bubble-gum songs. I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.

The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue.

You have to use food motivation whereas a dog will do things for you just for social motivation, praise and petting. Also with any animal you want to stroke it. Don't pat it, stroke it. Most don't like patting.

In judging character in youth, we recognize, first of all, that it is a mark of soundness in a boy's nature that he is spurred by desire of praise: upon this rests emulation

I can't expect rappers to be politicized when Americans are not socially motivated enough to care about their own lives and public policy as much as they were even 20 years ago. But I'm compelled to make the music I make regardless.

There was a girl in fifth grade that I had a crush on that joined drama club, so I joined the drama club because I'm not an idiot, and I was gonna hang with her.

I loved gymnastics, and my gymnastics teacher said ballet was essential to help my dance routines in competitions. I only really went because my friends were going as well. It wasn't this kind of hidden love. Then, slowly, my friends stopped going and I thought, 'I like this. I am going to stay.'

If you want to stay fit, surround yourself with a couple of chicks who are fired up, so that the one day you're not, you can feed off their energy.

What happened is I was going to college in 1950. L. A. City College. A guy I knew was going to an acting class on Thursday nights. He started telling me about all the good-lookin' chicks and said, "Why don't you go with me?" So I probably had some motivation beyond thoughts of being an actor. And sure enough, he was right. There were a lot of girls and not many guys. I said, "Yeah, they need me here." I wound up at Universal as a contract player.

Architecture was, or is, a kind of hobby, an inclination I have to fiddling around and building things. Putting up shelves or cupboards, or making tools, or designing houses ... it always has a functional or social motivation. If social changes are in the air, I am gripped immediately by the desire to build, and I think that I accelerate or anticipate changes in my life by doing so, at least in draft. In the case of my house, that was anticipation: in other words, first build, then change one's life.