Human Instinct Quotes
19 quotes by 18 authors
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The fateful question for the human species seems to me to be whether and to what extent their cultural development will succeed in mastering the…
— Sigmund Freud
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If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have.
— Kit Williams
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Stories are there to be told, and each story changes with the telling. Time changes them. Logic changes them. Grammar changes them. History changes them.…
— Colum McCann
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Sexuality is a human instinct as natural as hunger or thirst.
— Alexandra Kollontai
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There seems to be a human instinct for prayer. Swiss theologian Karl Barth calls it our 'incurable God-sickness.'
— Timothy Keller
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I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.
— Sarah Kay
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How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear.…
— Shirin Ebadi
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These days it seems the lyric impulse, so seemingly fragile, comes in for a lot of abuse-or simply a lot of mistrust. What's it for,…
— Patricia Hampl
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There's some human instinct which makes a man treasure what he is not to make any use of, because everybody does not possess it.
— Mark Twain
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It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water.
— Stone Gossard
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Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when…
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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The human instinct for self-preservation is strong. I know, because mine pulls at me, too, like the needle on a compass. And everybody - I've…
— Nancy Werlin
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And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most…
— Augusten Burroughs
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For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations.
— Carl Sagan
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I understand the human instinct to want to create a nest and possess things, to show them off, but for me personally, it became less…
— Nicolas Berggruen
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My instinct about a human being is paramount. For me, when a director has walked into my room or an assistant that I have hired,…
— Karan Johar
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I have always liked coming home and sharing what has happened that day with my loved ones. I like comparing notes. I know other people…
— Sarah Kay
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What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred.
— Antony Beevor
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It's basic human instinct to act flirty, and gender is not the ideal basis one shall analyse from.
— Ramandeep Singh
Who Wrote These Human Instinct Quotes
18 authors contributed a total of 19 Human Instinct Quotes as follows: