When my heart rate is so high, I seem to be able to play…

[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.

— Ann Richards

My queer black women peers are the ones who make me not feel crazy. The way we act is so instinctive.

— Kelela

Singing duets is instinctive, intuitive.

— Rodney Crowell

People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied. Now... I love…

— Danny Aiello

...science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common-sense rounded out and minutely articulated. It is therefore as much an instinctive product, as much…

— George Santayana

Madonna's great instinctive intelligence was evident to me from her earliest videos.

— Camille Paglia

“Every day try to convert your reactions to responses. Reactions are always instinctive, whereas responses are always well thought of, just and right to…

— Abhishek Ratna

There are some roles that are a no-brainer. You just have a sure, instinctive 'Yes!'

— Janet McTeer

I'm very instinctive when I choose my roles, and usually, the number one thing has to be the director.

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

In our house caring about food is pretty instinctive.

— Ainsley Harriott

I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

“The more we're connected to our chosen someone, the more we can pick up what they're feeling. It's instinctive, like breathing." "You can't hold…

— Julie Kagawa

“The instinctive preference was to read rather than to act. No wonder our actual lives were more or less a shambles”

— Joseph Brodsky

Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.

— Jane Goodall

Acting has always been instinctive to me.

— Sammo Hung