Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter.

Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter, and none of those instincts are given much play at the warehouse!

— Tennessee Williams

Man is the only one in whom the instinct of life falters long enough to enable it to ask the question "Why?

— Joseph Wood Krutch

It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees.

— Mario Puzo

I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept of women…

— Grace Hopper

“Could it be that what we called aberrant behavior was in fact the natural state of man? Was there an instinct to kill? An…

— Wrath James White

The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but the man…

— John Donne

Everybody knows how to throw a punch. Not correctly - he or she might not know how to turn the wrist or know what…

— CM Punk

As a kid, in the Runaways, I would see the interviewers start to ask about our personal lives and what we did — and…

— Joan Jett

The dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the…

— Agnes Repplier

You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone.

— Sugar Ray Robinson

I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be…

— Neill Blomkamp

Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.

— Sherwin B. Nuland

I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot.

— John Muir

Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

— Maria Montessori

Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these…

— William Bernbach