Instinct Quotes · Page 23

The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialization of the rational mind, is now making contact with mysticism, the…

— Fritjof Capra

Your only guidepost is your own instinct and judicious editing. In my stand-up act I learned that in the first 10 minutes…

— Steve Martin

The people who've done well within the [Hollywood] system are the people whose instincts, whose desires [are in natural alignement with those…

— Orson Welles

I follow my instincts and my excitement.

— Rory MacDonald

“All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much…

— Claude Monet

There's a natural instinct embedded in friendship, a sympathy that makes us willing to fight for someone we like when they are…

— Charles Duhigg

Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.

— Ray Bradbury

I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant…

— Alan Rickman

A lot of mythology arose after [Mahatma Gandhi] death. But the fact remains that he was an exceptional man, terribly intelligent, with…

— Indira Gandhi

Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you…

— Robert Rodriguez

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

— Samuel Butler

Show me a congenital eavesdropper with the instincts of a Peeping Tom and I will show you the making of a dramatist.

— Kenneth Tynan

My instinct about a human being is paramount. For me, when a director has walked into my room or an assistant that…

— Karan Johar

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

— Anonymous

How could you tell if your instincts were just hope in disguise, and if your hope was really desperation parading as possibility?

— Laini Taylor

Have courage to follow your inner instinct and intuition. It is your inner belief which makes you a person of character.

— Anil Sinha

I would challenge the statement that my scientific instincts are any less rigorous than [Richard Dawkins]. The difference is that my presumption…

— Richard Dawkins

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

— Anna Julia Cooper

Well, it's such an intricate, beautiful script about eight professional robbers pulling a heist, and it deals with elements of betrayal, trust,…

— Harvey Keitel

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

— John Donne

I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right.

— Hunter S. Thompson

My prototypical quarterback is a competitive guy that's a winner, somebody that has great athletic instincts, somebody who is very accurate throwing…

— Jim Harbaugh

'Tough' meant it was an uncompromising image, something that came from your gut, out of instinct, raw, of the moment, something that…

— Joel Meyerowitz

I gravitated to acting out of a mixture of instinct, naivete and opportunity.

— Jeffrey Combs