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Habit Quotes

"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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"Vices are often habits rather than passions."

"Vices are often habits rather than passions."

Antoine Rivarol, French Journalist

Habit, Habits, Vices

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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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"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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"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

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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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"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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"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."

Jules Renard, French Dramatist

Habit, Laziness, Nothing

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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

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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

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"Yet otters have not been hunters in water long enough for the habit to become an instinct."

"Yet otters have not been hunters in water long enough for the habit to become an instinct."

Henry Williamson, English Author

Habit, Instinct, Water

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"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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"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

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"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

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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

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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 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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"Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

"Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

Vince Lombardi, American Coach

Habit, Winning, Losing

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"It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way."

"It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way."

Rollo May, American Psychologist

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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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"I am not a creature of habit."

"I am not a creature of habit."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

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"My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income."

"My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income."

Errol Flynn, Australian Actor

Habit, Habits, Income, Lies

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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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"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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"Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit."

"Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Habit, Being, Earth, Names

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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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"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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"Powerful indeed is the empire of habit."

"Powerful indeed is the empire of habit."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

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"Winning is a habit."

"Winning is a habit."

Leo Durocher, American Athlete

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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

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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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"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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"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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"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 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

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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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"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

19

"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

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"I am not a politician, and my other habits air good."

"I am not a politician, and my other habits air good."

Charles Farrar Browne, American Writer

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"Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful."

"Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful."

Charles Simmons, American Author

Habit, Attention, Duty, Energy

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"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

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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

18

"When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living."

"When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Habit, Living, Quotation

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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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"Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted."

"Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted."

Carolyn Heilbrun, American Writer

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"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

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"To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be."

"To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

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"Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings."

"Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings."

Evan Esar, American Writer

Habit, Habits, Study

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"The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past."

"The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past."

Matt Blunt, American Politician

Habit, Habits, Past, Present

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"We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit."

"We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit."

Morley Safer, Canadian Journalist

Habit, Night, Years

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