Impulse Quotes

827 quotes by 628 authors

by and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them — Will Durant
Like the Arthurian years at Camelot, the Sixties constituted a breakthrough, a fleeting moment of glory, a time when a significant little chunk of humanity… — Tom Robbins
Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the south-west corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most astounding pieces of… — Douglas Adams
All her life she'd been warned that men were slaves to their desires, that they held their impulses in barely controlled check. A woman--a lady--must… — Elizabeth Hoyt
I'm highly aware that some impulses are harder to ignore than others. I'm aware that fear of consequences causes us to guard our secrets. But… — Gena Showalter
Sometimes it seems to me that all of life is a struggle to contain the natural impulses of the body and spirit, and that what… — Anita Shreve
When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift. — Justina Chen
And then, as the room went black, I was suddenly hyperaware that Edward was sitting less than an inch from me. I was stunned by… — Stephenie Meyer
What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden changes in character,… — Honore de Balzac
Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth. — Leo Tolstoy
...the first thing you do at the end is reflect on the beginning. Maybe it's some form of reverse closure, or just the basic human… — Jonathan Tropper
Torn between the impulse to stroke his head, and the urge to cave it in with a rock, I did neither. — Diana Gabaldon
The blues is an impulse to keep the painful details and episodes of a brutal experience alive in one's aching consciousness, to finger its jagged… — Ralph Ellison
We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I would rather see that impulse directed into the… — Stephen Fry
Whenever I was asked what I wanted my first impulse was to answer "Nothing." The thought went through my mind that it didn't make any… — Osamu Dazai
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in… — Joan Didion
There is a yearning that is as spiritual as it is sensual. Even when it degenerates into addiction, there is something salvageable from the original… — Mark Epstein
Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires werenâ€™t the only… — Deborah Harkness
He didn't reject the idea so much as not react to it and watch as it floated away. He thought very broadly of desires and… — David Foster Wallace
It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that… — Alan Lightman

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