As we grow older, we live more coarsely, we relax a little in our disciplines, and, to some extent, cease to obey… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain… — James Jones Copy Share Image
“...play [is] an instinct developed by natural selection ... and ... on a level with the other instincts which are developed for… — Karl Groos Copy Share Image
The fact that there are so many weak, poor and boring stories and novels written and published in America has been ascribed… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, there are no such things as good and bad impulses. Think...of a piano. It has not got two kinds of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I live, but live to die: and, living, see nothing to make death hateful, save an innate clinging, a loathsome and yet… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
These days it seems the lyric impulse, so seemingly fragile, comes in for a lot of abuse-or simply a lot of mistrust.… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
“You have an instinct, Sophie, that's how," said Howl. "Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Man's earthly existence is but a test as to whether he will concentrate his efforts, his mind, his soul upon things which… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
My hope is that the generous instincts of unity will not depart from us...[so that we] become the prey of the little… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
From the living fountain of instinct flows everything that is creative; hence the unconscious is not merely conditioned by history, but is… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
My instinct was always have your gun in your hand. Especially when you are telling somebody to do something. But, in fact,… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
An artist's sensitivity to criticism is, at least in part, an effort to keep unimpaired the zest, or confidence, or arrogance, which… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
Futurism and Cubism are comparable in importance to the invention of perspective, for which they substituted a new concept of space. All… — Gino Severini Copy Share Image
It is very hard to say where you're going until you get there. That kind of thing is based very much on… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle.… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
You may call a jay a bird. Well, so he is, in a measure--because he's got feathers on him, and don't belong… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I believe "human sexuality" is one of the most ridiculous aspects of being a human, and here I was, facing publications whose… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
Staying true to yourself and trusting your instincts is very important. I've learned this both through creating music, where I've always stayed… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the… — Catherine Crowe Copy Share Image
One of the things I benefited from when I started this business was that I didn't know anything. I was just instinct… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
Sex is probably one of the last forms of human expression to enjoy such a direct connection with nature. It might be… — Thomas Koerfer Copy Share Image
I think training your instinct comes from writing and reading. There's no big secret. And reading slush helps, as well; I'd recommend… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
If there is any person that I do follow somewhat closely, at least ideas I like, it's been Frederich Nietzsche, but he's… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
I am beginning with the young. We older ones are used up. Yes, we are old already. We are rotten to the… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
When corruption is king, there is no accountability of leadership and no trust in authority. Society devolves to the basic units of… — Nuhu Ribadu Copy Share Image
Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gifts...Thus a heavy… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
As I look back I know that most of the mistakes I have made have come when I didn't listen to myself,… — Christine Todd Whitman Copy Share Image
To learn to see- to accustom the eye to calmness, to patience, and to allow things to come up to it; to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
emotion clouds the rational, and many perspectives guide the full reality. To view current events as a historian is to account for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Good guilt is a product of love and responsibility. It is a natural, positive instinct that parents and good child care providers… — Jean Marzollo Copy Share Image
It is really something, the extent to which we allow ourselves to live without thinking of things that we know, in the… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
Our training pushes us to develop a new set of instincts: instead of reacting to danger with a fight-or-flight adrenaline rush, we're… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
If I have ideas, I want to put them in the movie. It's not a minimalist approach at all but I feel… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
What do you think deja vu is for?”. Face it, you even want to talk to that girl in the elevator. But… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
I was lucky to be in a household where whatever I wanted to do was supported and my music was always such… — Zella Day Copy Share Image
We all have a natural instinct to protect children from harm. It's never fun to see a child hurt, even if it's… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
![“...play [is] an instinct developed by natural selection ... and ... on a level with the other instincts which are developed for their utility. It is very near, in its origin and function, to the instinct of imitation, but yet they are distinct … Its utility is, in the main, twofold: First, it…” quote by Karl Groos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/karl-groos-64240_instinct_play-is-an-instinct-developed-by-natural_203566.jpg)
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