Impulse Quotes

827 quotes by 629 authors

I have often been reminded of the wild duck that came down on migration into a barnyard and liked it so well that he stayed… — Vance Havner
Don't Wait! Start on your dreams, your impulses, your longings, your special occasions today. Because this is your moment. — Mary Anne Radmacher
Space and time, not proteins and neurons, hold the answer to the problem of consciousness. When we consider the nerve impulses entering the brain, we… — Robert Lanza
Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them… — Jose Clemente Orozco
Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice. They have experienced secretly and privately their natural human impulse towards… — Paul Fussell
Films exhaust me, they do, and I often want nothing more to do with them, but I'm continually surprised at the resurgence of the impulse… — Daniel Day-Lewis
Our impulses toward instant gratification aren't to be trusted. Hoarding our resources isn't a worthy goal. We're created with eternity in our hearts, and our… — David Jeremiah
I realized that a methane-oxygen rocket engine could achieve a specific impulse greater than 380. — Elon Musk
The philosophy of chiropractic is founded upon the knowledge of the manner in which a vital functions are performed by innate in health and disease.… — Daniel D. Palmer
Eros is not tranquil-it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. It's the love we feel at the beginning of… — FranÃ§ois Lelord
A man's acts are partly determined by spontaneous impulse, partly by the conscious and unconscious effects of the various groups to which he belongs. — Bertrand Russell
Decisive inventions and discoveries always are initiated by an intellectual or moral stimulus as their actual motivating force, but, usually, the final impetus to human… — Stefan Zweig
Institutions are essential in order to preserve the achievement of the past, but the original creative impulse in every age comes from the amateur, the… — Robert Gordis
Among all the modernized aspects of the most luxurious of industries, the model, a vestige of voluptuous barbarianism, is like some plunder-laden prey. She is… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself. — Graham Swift
When anybody starts out with a memoir, you get the impulse to tell your own story with your own voice, and you get all that… — Dave Eggers
I'm an impulse buyer. I don't really go out with a list. — Sophie Kinsella
We are pre-disposed for fantasy, there is a natural impulse for human beings to want to get off their heads or out of their heads… — Tom Baker
I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love… — Randa Abdel-Fattah
The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to… — Stanley Crouch

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