Instinct Quotes · Page 21

I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.

— Matthew Weiner

A lot of my instincts would like to run wild, as you recall, but I keep them in check. Therapy helps.

— Robert Downey Jr

Intelligence in the service of poor instinct is really dangerous.

— Gloria Steinem

Scorpio trust their own gut feeling which is another reason why a seldom fails.

— Anonymous

Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.

— Honore de Balzac

Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“When teaching children with autism we must be quick to adapt, follow our instinct and go off plan.”

— Adele Devine

Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.

— John Galsworthy

I gut check my show. I say, I say, "Gut, gut, does that feel true to you?" And Gut says, "Yes it…

— Stephen Colbert

There are two sorts of beauty; one is the result of instinct, the other of study. A combination of the two, with…

— Paul Gauguin

I’ve never lived my life by the expectations society puts on you. When something doesn’t feel right or isn’t going the way…

— Fatima Robinson

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about…

— Oscar Wilde

Half of Wisconsinites are considered alcoholics. It's part of the culture of Wisconsin... if self-deprecation is their survival instinct, alcohol is their…

— Amy Pietz

When we went to Judy Davis and said, 'We want you to play Judy Garland in the mini-series 'Life With Judy Garland,'…

— Craig Zadan

There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad…

— Steve Irwin

I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts.

— Rob Reiner

The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the…

— Catherine Crowe

I think training your instinct comes from writing and reading. There's no big secret. And reading slush helps, as well; I'd recommend…

— Mary J. Miller

Sex is probably one of the last forms of human expression to enjoy such a direct connection with nature. It might be…

— Thomas Koerfer

One of the things I benefited from when I started this business was that I didn't know anything. I was just instinct…

— Michael Dell

The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gifts...Thus a heavy…

— C. S. Lewis

Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A…

— Ayelet Waldman

When corruption is king, there is no accountability of leadership and no trust in authority. Society devolves to the basic units of…

— Nuhu Ribadu

I am beginning with the young. We older ones are used up. Yes, we are old already. We are rotten to the…

— Adolf Hitler

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.

— Barbara Corcoran

Although I tried to be universal in thought, I am European by instinct and inclination.

— Albert Einstein

Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.

— David Gemmell

When you change, you change with what you got. What I got is my speed. I got a little bit of my…

— Gael Monfils

Work hard, use your common sense and don't be afraid to trust your instincts.

— Fred L. Turner

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

— Stanley Baldwin

“The deep secret at the core of art, in the artist himself, was the embodying of an instinct for play.”

— Sándor Márai

Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

— Paulo Coelho

I'm much more indecisive and a people-pleaser than someone who's willing to step into the firing line.

— Andrew Lincoln

“Hold your venom Do you recognise the instinct in me, fellow scorpion?”

— Kiera Woodhull

There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings.

— John Astin

Sorry. An overdeveloped nurturing instinct comes with being a healer.

— Maria V. Snyder

In the car it is really good to have a killer instinct where you need to be aggressive.

— Charles Leclerc

I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.

— Roberto Cavalli

Trust your gut feeling and intuitions, for your body knows you better than any one.

— Anonymous

There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct.

— Robert Breault