Impulses Quotes

287 quotes by 240 authors

Altruism is one of the most fundamentally social impulses, and doing things for others without expecting anything in return is core to what makes us… — Joe Greene
Psychoanalysts have been occupied for a long time with the difficult question of what the psychological conditions are which determine the form of the neurotic… — Karl Abraham
Impulses are hard to come by these days. — Jack Levine
It exasperated her to think that the dungeon in which she had languished for so many unhappy years had been unlocked all the time, and… — George Bernard Shaw
The vampire craze is kind of fascinating. We're interested in the idea of immorality and I think we're drawn to people or creatures who can… — Benjamin Walker
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
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
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
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
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
Meryl Streep's brilliant, just brilliant. I've been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. And for an actor to go moment to moment like she… — Jeff Daniels
I've always known a lot of very bad people, destructive, brutes of a certain kind. Then I've seen these lovely impulses and what not, and… — Paula Fox
So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball… — Danny Elfman
If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have… — Hans Kung
Each individual possesses a conscience which to a greater or lesser degree serves to restrain the unimpeded flow of impulses destructive to others. But when… — Stanley Milgram
Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may… — A J Muste
Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if… — Cynthia Nixon
Even if Zuma was to develop the authoritarian impulses of a Mugabe, he would be checkedâ€”not least by his own party, which set a continental… — Mark Gevisser
He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself in order, since… — Pio of Pietrelcina

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