Impulse Quotes

827 quotes by 629 authors

It is almost better to be an impulse shirt-buyer than an impulse shoe-buyer. I have worn shirts that made people think I was a retired… — Clive James
Malice remains its animating impulse. — Janet Malcolm
The old structure of the West as a synthesis of classical culture, Christianity, and the impulses of peoples entering history for the ÂŽfirst time has… — Armin Mohler
We used to think, 'I have a feeling; I want to make a call.' Now our impulse is, 'I want to have a feeling; I… — Sherry Turkle
Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse — George Crumb
It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like… — Carolyn See
This willingness continually to revise one's own location in order to place oneself in the path of beauty is the basic impulse underlying education. One… — Elaine Scarry
If Christ is not divine, every impulse of the Christian world falls to a lower octave, and light and love and hope decline. — Henry Ward Beecher
Creativity is the evolutionary impulse in the Universe. — Deepak Chopra
The impulse to connect the dots - and to share what you've connected - is the urge that makes you an artist — Amanda Palmer
I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make dspair pause. For… — Joseph Conrad
All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if we consent, He will so identify Himself with our thoughts… — Ellen G. White
At school any spontaneous act was likely to get me into trouble. I learned never to act on impulse, and that whatever came into my… — Keith Johnstone
For all that we have done, as a civilization, as individuals, the universe is not stable, and nor is any single thing within it. Stars… — Richard K. Morgan
Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance. — Charles Henry Parkhurst
As no outward motion or change, when normal, in man's external body can take place unless provoked by an inward impulse, given through one of… — Helena
The impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page. — Jonathan Messinger
It is not possible to be original by trying to be original - those who attempt this in the arts will be merely avant-garde. Originality… — Michael Foley
When we are on the water, our contemplative impulses range from the intense to the nearly absent. — Paul Schullery
It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source… — Peter Brook

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