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Habit Quotes

"PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' beaux."

"PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' beaux."

Wallis Simpson, American Royalty

Habit, Girlfriends, Gossip

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"Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught."

"Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed."

"To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed."

Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist

Habit, Beginning, Day, First

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"Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch."

"Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch."

Craig Kilborn, American Entertainer

Habit, Night, President, Promise

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"True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing."

"True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

44

"A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit."

"A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

43

"Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?"

"Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?"

Herman Melville, American Novelist

43

"There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad."

"There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

43

"For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that you had written. They'd measure it and pay you 10 cents an inch for your printed copy."

"For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that you had written. They'd measure it and pay you 10 cents an inch for your printed copy."

Charles Kuralt, American Journalist

Habit, Expression, Measure, Old

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"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."

"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."

Vince Lombardi, American Coach

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"President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear."

"President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear."

Wilbur Mills, American Politician

Habit, President, Question

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"I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done."

"I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done."

Anderson Cooper, American Journalist

Habit, Job, Pride, Satisfaction

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"I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits associated with it."

"I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits associated with it."

Fred Frith, English Composer

Habit, Habits, Memories, Mouse

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"If you become president, you're guaranteed to develop some nervous habit."

"If you become president, you're guaranteed to develop some nervous habit."

Rich Little, Canadian Comedian

Habit, President

40

"I had never done any theater in high school, which actually worked to my benefit. I didn't develop any bad habits."

"I had never done any theater in high school, which actually worked to my benefit. I didn't develop any bad habits."

David James Elliott, Canadian Actor

Habit, Habits, School, Theater

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"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Habit, Appearance, Being, Right

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"I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or something like that or pretzels, I just eat the white grapes."

"I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or something like that or pretzels, I just eat the white grapes."

Mike Ditka, American Coach

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"I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming."

"I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

Habit, Water, Will

39

"Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room."

"Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room."

Ernest Dimnet, French Clergyman

Habit, Americans, Improvement

39

"I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit."

"I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

39

"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book."

"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

Habit, Habits, Learning, Thinking

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"Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day."

"Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day."

Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet

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"You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now."

"You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

Habit, Now, Television

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"Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing."

"Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing."

Holbrook Jackson, English Writer

Habit, Habits, Will

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"For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit."

"For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

Habit, Months, New year

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"The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it."

"The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it."

Leo Aikman, American Writer

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"Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit."

"Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit."

Rutherford B. Hayes, American President

Habit, Swearing

38

"I am not in the habit of taking baritones to supper."

"I am not in the habit of taking baritones to supper."

Eric Taylor, American Musician

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"Habit is something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them."

"Habit is something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them."

Frank Howard Clark, American Writer

Habit, Thinking

38

"We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort."

"We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort."

Christopher Morley, American Author

Habit, Effort, Mind

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"When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively."

"When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively."

W. Clement Stone, American Businessman

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"Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two."

"Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two."

Balthazar Getty, American Actor

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"The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study."

"The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study."

Maria Mitchell, American Scientist

Habit, Right, Study

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"There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that."

"There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that."

Josh Duhamel, American Actor

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"In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds."

"In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Habit, Habits, Intellectuals, Thinking, World

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"A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them."

"A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them."

Frank Howard Clark, American Writer

Habit, Thinking

36

"The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late."

"The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

Habit, Bed, Night, Regret

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"The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon."

"The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon."

Anthony Burgess, English Novelist

Habit, Mind, Unconscious

35

"Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit."

"Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit."

Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian Writer

34

"I am not a creature of habit."

"I am not a creature of habit."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

34

"Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach."

"Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach."

Sydney Smith, English Clergyman

Habit, Melancholy, Will

33

"A habit does not a monk make."

"A habit does not a monk make."

Francois Rabelais, French Clergyman

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"The more one has engaged in a particular pattern of thought, the more difficult it becomes to override these habitual patterns."

"The more one has engaged in a particular pattern of thought, the more difficult it becomes to override these habitual patterns."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Habit, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

33

"Winning is a habit."

"Winning is a habit."

Leo Durocher, American Athlete

33

"Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state."

"Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state."

Alcee Hastings, American Politician

Habit, Church, Freedom, Religious

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"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."

"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."

Paul Williams, American Songwriter

Habit, Being, Fact, Now

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"Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive."

"Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Habit, Eating, Statistics

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"We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life."

"We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Habit, Opinion, Observation, Truth

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"You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor."

"You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor."

Chris LeDoux, American Musician

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"Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters."

"Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters."

Delia Smith, British Entertainer

Habit, Disasters, Kitchen, Promise

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