Instinct Quotes · Page 24

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

— Kenneth Tynan

We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Always trust your gut, It knows what your head hasn't yet figured out..

— Ritu Ghatourey

Always trust your gut feeling, and never second guess. Your gut feeling is always right.

— Ritu Ghatourey

“I do solemnly swear I will trust my instincts—my ‘gut’—from now on,”

— Susan Elia MacNeal

For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations.

— Carl Sagan

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.

— Tony Parsons

“The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but it is instinct.”

— Henry David Thoreau

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry.…

— Shirin Ebadi

I never used to want rehearsals, because I was like, 'Oh, no. I'm more spontaneous. I'm a natural. I'm a one-take person.'…

— Robin Wright

I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a…

— Millard Drexler

I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and I just had…

— Bruce Greenwood

There is no way that my mother hasn't influenced my career. She's my first critic. She's my best critic. She has the…

— Lena Dunham

When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take…

— Harvey Mackay

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country…

— Lamar Alexander

Eric walks toward me, and I back away by instinct. I try not to be afraid of him, but I know how…

— Veronica Roth

I am persuaded that if the brutes even--if the dog, the horse, the ox, the elephant, the bird, could speak, they would…

— Alphonse de Lamartine

I had been brought up in the law and had this sort of instinct that international law operates and was there to…

— David Lange

Its at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold…

— Brian Aldiss

Just trust your instincts. There's an old saying in golf, you've studied the swing many times, and you practice and practice, but…

— Clint Eastwood

I would say I'm more traditional than I am superstitious. I don't, for example, have to do things ritually before the game…

— Troy Polamalu

I am interested only in the relations of a people to the rearing of the individual man, and among the Greeks the…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Yes, the investor is often his own worst enemy. Yes, the marketing colossus known as the mutual fund industry provides the weaponry…

— John C. Bogle

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained,…

— Gerald R. Ford

I sign a film according to my instincts and everything in each department must be appealing be it story, character etc.

— Katrina Kaif

You have to go with your gut, take a leap of faith and trust you'll be protected where you land.

— Anonymous

The brown monkey's instinct to kill is correct; such men are dangerous to all monkey customs.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“But sometimes what seems like a gut feeling is just pride pretending to be instinct.”

— Tammara Webber

The whole life of instinct serves the one end of bringing about death.

— Sigmund Freud

Your instinct, rather than precision stabbing, is more about just random bludgeoning.

— Simon Pegg

“Love is the path that guides the men to the fields of infinite LIGHT!”

— Dave Zebian

Never to be frightened of taking risks and always follow your instincts!

— Richard Branson

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always…

— Ben Elton

“I do not like the situation but must endure to fulfil the dream.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The instinct of interest is the universal instinct of mankind.

— Charles Macklin

Conformity—the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority.

— Mark Twain

I think comedy is more my instinct and more what I'm geared towards.

— Austin Peck

Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy.

— Rachael Yamagata

When somebody is doing something really funny, in real life and as a performer, my instinct is to join them.

— Jake M. Johnson

My advice to aspiring performers is trust your instincts, 9 times out of 10 they are perfect.

— Erica Schroeder