I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.
The general tendency of evolution is from structure to function, from bondage to freedom of the individual elements.
The eternal sound of the sea on every side has a tendency to wear away the edge of human thought and perception.
During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.
We all have a tendency to use research as a drunkard uses a lamppost - for support, but not for illumination
The tendency of all strong governments has always been to suppress liberty, partly in order to ease the processes of rule, partly from sheer disbelief in innovation.
I have a tendency to talk extremely fast. . . . I think the fastness comes from the fact that I get very excited about things and I just want to spit them out.
I think we have a tendency to support the underdogs.
Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
Our tendency is to be converted to church and not to Christ.
It is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind none is quite so curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and morally superior to those who differ from us in opinion.
I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.
There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.
I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity.
Human psychology has a near universal tendency to let belief be coloured by desire.
In the tropics the white feels weakened, or downright weak, whence comes the heightened tendency to outbursts of aggression. People who are polite, modest or even humble in Europe fall easily into a rage here, get into fights, destroy other people. . .
I think there is a tendency for people to get rigid and caught up in their beliefs of what is right and wrong, and they lose sight of humanity. Being human has to come first before right or wrong.
I think there's a tendency to over-jack and over-umami food these days.
I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts - the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products.