One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Most of my choices come about through some kind of intuition or instinct, and if I need to, I'll post-rationalize them, intellectually,… — Joe Wright Copy Share Image
Eventually we must lower our defenses and just trust our instincts. Trust your gut and just let things happen. Trust that your… — Wendell V Copy Share Image
The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery, on the other hand, is demanded and pursued… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
That's instinct, you catch and you shoot. I've done it hundreds of thousands of times in my driveway. It's what I've practiced. — John Paxson Copy Share Image
“I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Every child begins the world again, to some extent, and loves to stay outdoors, even in wet and cold. It plays house,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
War is instinctive. But the instinct can be fought. We're human beings with the blood of a million savage years on our… — James T Kirk Copy Share Image
An egg is a beautiful, sophisticated thing that can create even more sophisticated things, such as chickens. And we know in our… — David Christian Copy Share Image
Its always important to fall back on your instincts and core beliefs and that was pretty hard for me to do but… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
The other, the other aspect when I say I'm an actor is that as an actor you make this imaginative leap into… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I've always believed in instinct over intellect. The instinct is what you always knew; intellect is what you figure out. — Michka Assayas Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I have never understood disliking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I've been on the other end of sticky decisions, have been the 'B' side, but I never go in there thinking, 'Is… — George Groves Copy Share Image
Reason shows itself in all occurrences of life; whereas the brute makes no discovery of such a talent, but in what immediately… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Above all, trust your instincts. If she's the right one, you'll know. If she's not, let her go and be thankful that… — Rich Marcello Copy Share Image
Leaders are people who can discern the inevitable and act accordingly. When people talk about business acumen, discernment is a big part… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“—Call it curiosity. Call it instinct. And I am a man who has followed his instincts. —I thought it was principles. —In… — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
The most difficult part of making movies is to keep making them. Maybe, you could make the biggest hit in the world,… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils, Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style: A village… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Many have seen my worst times,actually I feel my best is always my worst because I'm always trying to better those times… — Manotti Street Copy Share Image
When you're hitting a fairway wood, you've got a lot of real estate to cover to get to your target. Your first… — Ernie Els Copy Share Image
“The modern instinct is that if the heart of man is evil, there is nothing that remains good. But the older feeling… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I'm always afraid going into strange places, but I also choose carefully and listen to my instincts. These were men I could… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
Captain Nemo pointed to this prodigious heap of shellfish, and I saw that these mines were genuinely inexhaustible, since nature's creative powers… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
I found in myself, and still find, an instinct toward a higher, or, as it is named, spiritual life, as do most… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The instinct of the Labour Party is if there's a problem, change the leader, then sit back, fold your arms and wait… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
It is just man's turning away from instinct--his opposing himself to instinct--that creates consciousness. Instinct is nature andseeks to perpetuate nature; while… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
It's not easy being an actor, and having said that, everybody's an actor. Do you know what I mean? Paris Hilton's an… — Patti LuPone Copy Share Image
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. — Katharine Butler Hathaway Copy Share Image
A lot of amazing comedians that I've worked with just really follow their instincts and you can't really teach someone comedic timing.… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts. — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
