Impulse Quotes

827 quotes by 628 authors

Fatalism, whose solving word in all crises of behavior is All striving is vain, will never reign supreme, for the impulse to take life strivingly… — William James
Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and… — Leonardo da Vinci
A lot of musicians are good cooks, and a lot of cooks are musicians, but I think that may just be a result of the… — Steve Albini
I actually taught perceptual psychology at N.Y.U. when I was younger. I was interested in the aesthetic impulse in lower primates. But what really interested… — Arne Glimcher
There is a strange impulse in many to protect Bible characters and to use them as inspiration... as if sanctification happens as a result of… — Tullian Tchividjian
Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody... as a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child… — Annie Lennox
If you have an impulse to kindness, act on it. — Douglas Coupland
It is a lie that our anger justifies our impulse to hurt or ignore our antagonists. We are to forgive to be forgiven. To wait… — Henry B. Eyring
Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should. — Patti Smith
The impulse to write comes, I think, from a desire - perhaps a need - to give imaginative life to experience, to share it with… — Paul Theroux
The great thing about having digital comics is that it is like having a comic-book shop on your digital device. It has turned comics from… — Jim Lee
The real magic is in making the intangible idea, the creative impulse, manifest and live in our reality. — Mark Ryan
It is part of the fundamental impulse in all living things to reach for light, part of the indomitable will to see. — Henry Grunwald
I want to position my books as premium-priced versions on the reasonably-priced scale, if that makes sense, to find a sweet spot between the high-end… — Barry Eisler
There is nothing in nature wherein there is not good and evil; everything moveth and liveth in this double impulse, working or operation, be it… — Jakob Bohme
The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear. — Richard Jefferies
The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out. — Virginia Postrel
I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable… — Malcolm Gladwell
I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential in a book… — Sue Monk Kidd
I want to believe that while we may sometimes read in the misguided pursuit of preserving our separation, there is a greater impulse inside us… — Sue Monk Kidd

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