Innate Quotes

293 Innate quotes by 236 unique authors

Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire… — BrenÃ© Brown
I think everyone is equally psychic. But through the practice of meditation, you learn to make your thoughts quiet and become more aware of your… — Frederick Lenz
I think most Americans have an innate respect for the police and for their authority. — Kimberly Guilfoyle
The nineteenth century, utilitarian throughout, set up a utilitarian interpretation of the phenomenon of life which has come down to us and may still be… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture. — Sigmund Freud
What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are… — R. Buckminster Fuller
But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we… — Jane Goodall
When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don't really want to talk about it, because you have this innate… — Benedict Cumberbatch
My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to… — Vera Farmiga
Ordinary morality is innate in my view. — Christopher Hitchens
The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose… — Ivan Illich
Identical twins are ideal lab specimens for studying the difference between learned and inherited traits since they come from the womb preloaded with matching genetic… — Jeffrey Kluger
We are all born with an innate understanding of interpersonal equity - the idea that if you lend me your rake today, I'll respond in… — Jeffrey Kluger
Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love them to get them to do that. — R. D. Laing
I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people. — Marina and the Diamonds
I think women have an innate ability to be intuitive with people that they truly love, but they have to trust that inner voice, and… — Andie MacDowell
No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our hearts and the… — Bernard de Mandeville
An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life. — Jose Marti
It's innate in me to be a Democrat - a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore. I'm not… — Tim McGraw
Given that sexual orientation is innate and that we are all, in theological terms, children of God, to deny access to some sacraments based on… — Jon Meacham
There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization. — Steven Pinker
Obviously no language is innate. Take any kid from any race, bring them up in any culture and they will learn the language equally quickly.… — Steven Pinker
The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty and the… — Steven Pinker
I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are… — Patti Smith

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