Keyword: Behavior

… if the child was misbehaving, that's one thing, but if her parents were encouraging her, that's a whole new ballpark…

Mixed metaphors

He goes to church on Sunday, steals chickens on Monday.

Beliefs Expressions Honesty

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Murphy’s Laws

You’re acting crazier than a sprayed roach!

Miscellaneous

It's good to know that if I behave strangely enough, society will take full responsibility for me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Characteristics Situations

There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic.

Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 50) English author & journalist
Situations

I don’t know that my behavior has improved all that much with age; they just found someone worse.

American professional tennis player
Sports

Success is the result of behavior that completely contradicts the usual expectations about the behavior of a successful person.

Murphy’s Laws Success

He really grates me up the wrong way.

Mixed metaphors

Always do right; this will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Life Situations

Be normal, and the crowd will accept you… be deranged, and they will make you their leader.

(1964 – ) American comedian & actor
Characteristics People

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will sometimes produce bizarre behavior… and I’m not talking about the kids.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor
Children Family Old Parents

The weirder you’re going to behave, the more normal you should look.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist
Appearance Clothing

They’re like two cats in a sack.

Miscellaneous

I already know I’m going to hell, I’m just paving the road.

Miscellaneous

The best way to behave is to misbehave.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Miscellaneous

There is no substitute for good manners… except, perhaps, fast reflexes.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

(1884 – 1949) American humorist & literary critic
Characteristics

Act like you’ve got some raisin.

Miscellaneous

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. 

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
Hockey Sports

If our politicians were better at pretending to get along, there wouldn’t be any war.

Conflict Government Politicians War