Gavin de Becker Quotes

Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.

Gavin de Becker

• Fear
• Romantic
• Rape

Intuition is always right in at least two important ways; It is always in response to something. it always has your best interest at heart.

Gavin de Becker

• Interest
• Intuition
• Response

Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.

Gavin de Becker

• Decision
• Interaction
• Niceness

Only human beings can look directly at something, have all the information they need to make an accurate prediction, perhaps even momentarily make the accurate prediction, and then say that it isn't so.

Gavin de Becker

• Information
• Make
• Prediction

Denial is a save now, pay later scheme.

Gavin de Becker

• Pay
• Save
• Denial

The solution to violence in America is the acceptance of reality.

Gavin de Becker

• Reality
• Violence
• Acceptance

I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.

Gavin de Becker

• Remember
• Complete
• Sentence

You have the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations.

Gavin de Becker

• Gift
• Situations
• Guide

Persistence only proves persistence-it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn't mean you are special-it means he is troubled.

Gavin de Becker

• Love
• Special
• Persistence

No matter how famous the victim, no matter how powerful the advocates, it simply isn't always possible to control the conduct of other people.

Gavin de Becker

• Control
• Famous
• Conduct