A pornographic novelist is one who exploits the sexual instinct as a prostitute does. A legitimate sex novel elucidates it or brings… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Since I'm fortunate enough to be neither hesitant nor indecisive, I've always made a point of consulting my partners and associates whenever… — Guy de Rothschild Copy Share Image
“No, because of instinct. You can tell who to trust. People can, just like animals. We don't listen as well as they… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
To me, I always listen to what my instincts tell me. The biggest mistakes I've ever made is when I've ignored what… — Glenda Bailey Copy Share Image
Anyone who has looked deeply into the world may guess how much wisdom lies in the superficiality of men. The instinct that… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Most cats feel that bird-catching is their duty; the instinct goes back to prehistoric times. Amber keeps in practice by chasing moths. — Gladys Taber Copy Share Image
Choking is about thinking too much. Panic is about thinking too little. Choking is about loss of instinct. Panic is reversion to… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
You have to listen to your own voice. Not your heart, not your instincts, not any of that self-permissive psycho-babble stuff. No,… — Fleur Adcock Copy Share Image
People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I try to follow my instinct as a moviegoer and I do the thing I would love to see it at a… — Luc Besson Copy Share Image
Before she is an individual, a shaman is foremost a vehicle for receiving and expressing the grief and indignation of the people… — Hyon Gyon Copy Share Image
I credit that eight years of grammar school with nourishing me in a direction where I could trust myself and trust my… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Action helps you think and raises your self-esteem. Good luck happens when you're in action. Ask yourself, "Does this go toward or… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
I was taught that candles are like house cats - domesticated versions of something wild and dangerous. There's no way to know… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. Is it astonishing that often these two… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Art, as I see it, is any human activity which doesn’t grow out of either of our species’ two basic instincts: survival… — Scott McCloud Copy Share Image
Never yet were the feelings and instincts of our nature violated with impunity; never yet was the voice of conscience silenced without… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
Before I wanted to always try to get involved and touch the ball. That was my natural instinct to be involved in… — Ollie Watkins Copy Share Image
I think my instinct creatively is to make things that are very funny and happy and silly. And in this moment where… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
The neuro-physiological organization which we call instinct functions in a blindly mechanical way, particularly apparent when its function goes wrong. — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
If I feel like it's a well-written script and if it speaks to me, it's something I want to do. I usually… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
Don't be bitter and mean 'couse you don’t fit in, it’s a GIFT. Look at you. you’ve got your individuality, you don’t… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can spend months doing things to make sure that my instincts work correctly, but ultimately it's still instinctive. — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
He reflected on the decay of mankind-the decline of the human race into folly and weakness and rottenness. 'Be a good animal,… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on… — Glenne Headly Copy Share Image
You have to trust your own instincts about what is appropriate and what is not appropriate and trust your own feelings about… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
The herd instinct seems to be the strongest human emotion, one that the race is constantly breeding off as the mavericks are… — John Train Copy Share Image
Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
Acting is really instinctual and I think you can overanalyse what you're doing. A lot of it has to be based on… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
If I'm in the middle of a take and I start to think about what I'm doing, I just mess up and… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
Studios are attracted by making money, and they're also trying to simplify things, going with the genre thing. The gambling instincts of… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Advice number one: listen to your gut - it's never gonna lead you wrong. Number two: trust yourself. The root of everything… — Russ Copy Share Image
The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of genius, of virtue, and of life, which we call Spontaneity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
When we rejoice in beautiful scenery, great art, and great music, it is but the flexing of instincts acquired in another place… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts. — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
