Human Social Behavior

Famous quotes containing the words human, social and/or behavior:

    “Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.”
    —Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)

    “... social evils are dangerously contagious. The fixed policy of persecution and injustice against a class of women who are weak and defenseless will be necessarily hurtful to the cause of all women.”
    —Fannie Barrier Williams (1855–1944)

    “Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?”
    —Elizabeth Janeway (b. 1913)