It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really. — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Mind is the antithesis of reflex, and only mind could discover mind — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
When people tell me I can't do something, I have a visceral reflex to say, 'Yes, I can.' — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
The Washington reflex: you discover a problem, throw money at it and hope somehow that it will go away. — Kenneth Keating Copy Share Image
The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis. — Samuel Alexander Copy Share Image
“... all that we see is but the reflex of a power that endures, untouched by the pain... a transcendent anonymity regarding… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Too often our Washington reflex is to discover a problem and then throw money at it, hoping it will somehow go away. — Kenneth Keating Copy Share Image
“My height triggers the puppy-kitten reflex—Must touch—and I’ve found that since you can’t electrify yourself like a fence, the next best thing… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What human beings consciously wish is often quite at variance with the results their reflex patterns automatically create for them. — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.' — Declan Donnellan Copy Share Image
Revenge is the thinking man's reflex, a complex blend of action and consistency no other animal species has so far succeeded in… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
At my shows, I want to be totally sharp and focused on every single song, on every single thing that I do,… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
“The excellence reflex is a natural reaction to fix something that isn't right, or to improve something that could be better. The… — Danny Meyer Copy Share Image
The go-to reflex all over Hollywood is still likeability. I've always had a problem with it because I think I have a… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
The reflex of police officers, when making the decision whether to use force and on what scale, must not be a result… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
If we denote excitation as an end-effect by the sign plus (+), and inhibition as end-effect by the sign minus (-), such… — Charles Scott Sherrington Copy Share Image
“The move for the pitcher of Bloody Marys on the porch railing is pure instinct, reflex. Tomatoes are packed with vitamins. Next,… — Elissa Schappell Copy Share Image
Thought reflexes get conditioned very strongly, and they are very hard to change. And the also interfere. A reflex may connect to… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“Our flesh shrinks from what it dreads and responds to the stimulus of what it desires by a purely reflex action of… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
If you're saying something that people don't want to hear or accept, a significant proportion of them will reply with hostility. Not… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
