Philip Zimbardo Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.”

“Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.”

“Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale' tells us, it is better to be feared if you can't be loved.”

“Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented.”

“Most of the evil of the world comes about not out of evil motives, but somebody saying 'get with the program, be a team player;' this is what we saw at Enron, this is what we saw in the Nixon administration with their scandal.”

“Prejudice and discrimination have always been a big part of my life. When I was 6, I got beat up and called dirty Jew boy because they thought I looked Jewish.”

“Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school.”

“The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.”

“One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.”

“Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.”