“Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason.”— Vilfredo Pareto
“A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.”— Albert Bandura
“And I am a weapon of massive consumption. And it's not my fault, it's how I'm programmed to function.”— Augusten Burroughs
“It is a fact of life that when you are hurled into strange circumstances, you behave in a strange way.”— Margaret Millar