Impulse Quotes

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Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. — James Russell Lowell
I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment. — Gustav Mahler
Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs,… — Abraham Maslow
All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby,… — Abraham Maslow
Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward… — Marshall McLuhan
Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse. — Karl A. Menninger
We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. — Henry Miller
I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted… — Dylan Moran
If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't… — Jack Nicholson
All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's… — Edward Norton
When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable.… — Sinead O'Connor
I act on impulse and I go with my instincts. — Gordon Ramsay
Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this… — Marquis de Sade
The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk. — George Santayana
There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals. — Franz Schubert
Nature is at work. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the… — David Seabury
More than anything, that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's taken me other… — Patti Smith
The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to do… — Patti Smith
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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