Misbehavior Quotes

“The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed endemic to modern life involve shortcuts.”
― Daniel Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“The threat of punishment at home or school only served as a challenge to figure out how to circumvent the consequences when I did what I wanted to do anyway. I didn't fear the punishment, I just saw it as an inconvenience to work around.”
― M.E. Thomas, Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight

“Аспирантка рассказывала о работах новосибирского генетика Б. по «одомашниванию» чернобурых лис, животных агрессивных и опасных. Оказалось, что при последовательном отборе наиболее послушных животных и скрещивании их между собой в энном поколении качество шерсти у них резко ухудшилось, а сами лисицы, ставшие послушными и доверчивыми, загавкали по-собачьи. Таким образом, на воротники для генеральских жен годились лишь те лисицы, которые на хорошие отношения с человеком никак не соглашались. Лисицы с плохим поведением. Те, что научились лизать руку, дающую корм, ни на что другое не годились.
(«Казус Кукоцкого», Л. Улицкая)”
― Lyudmila Ulitskaya

“Penelope (the parrot) squawked, ‘I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!’ Mary was certainly surprised at that because she thought that she had made up that brilliant remark. She didn’t dare to look at her mother….”
― Betty MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

“The reason why they resist doing as you say, is because they've been conditioned to do as you've demonstrated.”
― T.F. Hodge