Instinctive Quotes

In our house caring about food is pretty instinctive.

— Ainsley Harriott

[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.

— Ann Richards

I can only be instinctive in my reaction to Shakespeare.

— David Farr

I like to think I'll be quite instinctive as a leader.

— Joe Root

Racism is not primal or instinctive.

— David Olusoga

I am an instinctive loyalist.

— Nick Boles

Usually I'm a very instinctive fighter.

— Michael Chiesa

Acting has always been instinctive to me.

— Sammo Hung

the emotions at death, as at birth, are instinctive and primitive.

— Margaret Millar

The best acting is instinctive. It's not intellectual, it's not mechanical, it's instinctive.

— Craig MacDonald

My queer black women peers are the ones who make me not feel crazy. The way we act is so instinctive.

— Kelela

And children know, Instinctive taught, the friend and foe.

— Walter Scott

Pure morality is only an instinctive adjustment which the soul makes.

— D. H. Lawrence

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

— Mahatma Gandhi

stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.

— Laura Lippman

Sometimes we can get extraordinary results by going against our instinctive human nature

— Senoraroy

I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.

— Jane Goodall

“The instinctive preference was to read rather than to act. No wonder our actual lives were more or less a shambles”

— Joseph Brodsky

The need for achievement is instinctive. The ability to get what you want is already there, waiting to be let loose.

— Anonymous

“Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“Our instinctive apparatus consists of two parts- the one tending to further our own life and that of our descendants, the other…

— Bertrand Russell

I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.

— Essie Davis

I found that Scottishness and Englishness are actually strong, instinctive things, whatever the historical reasons. Even the accent changes - just two…

— Rory Stewart

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

“Every day try to convert your reactions to responses. Reactions are always instinctive, whereas responses are always well thought of, just and…

— Abhishek Ratna

If you are a Northern Irish actor, maybe subconsciously more than consciously, you do have an instinctive responsibility at some point to…

— James Nesbitt

When I consider a problem, it is now instinctive for me to think about the institutions involved, the authorizing environment, possible coalitions,…

— Robert Zoellick

Working with the children on 'Matilda' has been a joy. They don't do this professionally - their sense of discovery is instinctive,…

— Bertie Carvel

Even when I'm reading a script where I'm supposed to be looking at the lead role, I'll find myself gravitating toward some…

— Melanie Lynskey

It takes a perverse determination to drain that instinctive curiosity away and make history seem just remote, dead and disconnected from our…

— Simon Schama

No matter what you do in the offseason, you can't simulate putting spikes on and standing in the grass and being around…

— Jon Lester

“Human history is the ancient story of the umbilical conflict between a lone individual versus a cabalistic society. A love-hate relationship defines…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Singing duets is instinctive, intuitive.

— Rodney Crowell

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

— Malcolm Gladwell

For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.

— Rachel Weisz

“Courage isn’t instinctive or genetic; it has to be learned and practiced. Why not start today?”

— Mensah Oteh

“Fearless is not about being reckless; fearless is about being instinctive.”

— Ray Attiyah

I think all decision making is very instinctive, in the end.

— Nell Hudson

The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life

— Roy Jenkins