Impulse Quotes

827 quotes by 628 authors

It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however, — Deborah Harkness
Every impulse we strangle will only poison us. — Oscar Wilde
Sharks have everything a scientist dreams of. They're beautifulâ€•God, how beautiful they are! They're like an impossibly perfect piece of machinery. They're as graceful as… — Peter Benchley
I will not deny that my heart has long occupied itself with the most tender feelings for another. So strong were these impulses that I… — Galen Beckett
I think I am beginning to understand why grief feels like suspense. It comes from the frustration of so many impulses that had become habitual.… — C.S. Lewis
I steal into their dreams," he said. "I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their souls, I steal… — Roberto Bolano
Actually, it would be assumed that the young lady had no such impulses at all, but Iâ€™ll tell you something: Chocolate melts on my tongue… — Franny Billingsley
My first impulse is not to grab her or kiss her or yell at her. I simple want to touch her cheek, still flushed from… — Gayle Forman
And I guess that in some way I'm falling for you because you are who you are. It's easy to sleep with you because there's… — Steig Larsson
The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and police, agony columns… — Neil Gaiman
I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I… — Warren Buffett
Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on… — Margaret Atwood
â€¦there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a… — Kate Chopin
here was a silence between them for a moment, and she wondered if all women, when in love, were torn between two impulses, a longing… — Daphne du Maurier
- My instructors in science and technology have taught us about how the brain works. It's full of electrical impulses. It's like a computer. If… — Lois Lowry
But what was possible or practical had been replaced by a far baser impulse. Hope. — Ted Dekker
I have an impulse to write all over the orange walls- I need an alphabet of endings ripped out of books, of hands pulled off… — Jandy Nelson
A reader's tastes are peculiar. Choosing books to read is like making your way down a remote and winding path. Your stops on that path… — Jane Smiley
We know â€“ it has been measured in many experiments â€“ that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted, more dependable, achieve… — Jonathan Sacks
...as the slow sea sucked at the shore and then withdrew, leaving the strip of seaweed bare and the shingle churned, the sea birds raced… — Daphne du Maurier

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