Instinct Quotes · Page 24

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

— Albert Camus

I've learned to go with your instincts. To go with your strengths and believe in yourself.

— Jeanine Pirro

Alcohol, contrary to instinct, is not the secret to happiness.

— Mary Schmich

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

— Samuel Butler

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.

— Theodore Sturgeon

You do what's in your gut- if you've been doing it long enough, what's in your gut will be appropriate.

— Anderson Cooper

I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.

— Anna Wintour

If I had a choice about going to a meeting at a studio or changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy.

— Tim Burton

We falter from childhood amidst shames and fears, we move in closed spaces where stale tradition enervates, we grow hysterical over success…

— Ronald Steel

The apostles had this instinct: When in trouble, pray. When intimidated, pray. When challenged, pray. When persecuted, pray!

— Jim Cymbala

Looking back, I realize that nurturing curiosity and the instinct to seek solutions are perhaps the most important contributions education can make.

— Paul Berg

“One's instinct is at first to try and get rid of a discrepancy, but I believe that experience shows such an endeavour…

— John William Strutt

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat…

— Jean Cocteau

It is the natural instinct of a child to work from within outwards; "First I think, and then I draw my think."…

— Ananda Coomaraswamy

I've made a career of being a contrarian. If I'm going to work with Tom Cruise, it's my instinct to be like,…

— Doug Liman

Nature has willed that man should, by himself, produce everything that goes beyond the mechanical ordering of his animal existence, and that…

— Immanuel Kant

The marriage tie becomes possessed of a history and takes to itself traditions. This history and these traditions form a great fund,…

— Jack London

Mass democracy, mass morality and the mass media thrive independently of the individual, who joins them only at the cost of at…

— Al Alvarez

“Trust yourself and your instincts; even if you go wrong in your judgement, the natural growth of your inner life will gradually,…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

She asked me what was wrong, and I told her I had to end it. She was surprised, and asked my why…

— David Levithan

“Whats the difference between a king and his horse?I dont mean some kiddy shit like one has 4 legs and the other…

— Tite Kubo

We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn't ignore, or even just shruggingly accept things like…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it's necessary or…

— Ai Weiwei

I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

— Richard Branson

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

— Robert Heller

I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me.

— Helen Mirren

I think I have this disorder where I'm completely incapable of making the right decision.

— Anonymous

My instinct is probably one of the strongest assets I've got, workwise.

— Gina McKee

“He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.”

— Anonymous

Be true to yourself and go with your instincts - don't be somebody you're not just to fit in.

— Rachel Stevens

In my other work as a self-defense instructor, I have taught the importance of listening to one's gut instincts.

— Lexi Alexander

Instinct is the most powerful thing you have, and you have to trust it.

— Erol Alkan

When a son tells a dad to trust him, it goes against every instinct in his body to do so.

— Kayvan Novak

There are few instincts more natural than the body in full motion as it races across a field or through the trees.

— Neal Bascomb

You have to have passion, go with your gut, go against the tide

— Donald Trump

With morality we correct the mistakes of our instincts, and with love we correct the mistakes of our morals.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

I don't believe in taking right decisions.Take decisions and make them right

— Anonymous

The Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.

— C. S. Lewis

I have always had a performers instinct since I was a child.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar