Instinct Quotes

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My natural instinct after doing something shameful is not to rush into the street boasting about it but to put on dark glasses and head… — Russell Baker
To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity… — Mikhail Bakunin
I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason. — Stanley Baldwin
Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which… — Honore de Balzac
I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if… — Kim Basinger
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. — Max Beerbohm
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people… — Max Beerbohm
Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments. — Henri Bergson
Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed… — Halle Berry
Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to be sexual or… — Mortimer Adler
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. — Josh Billings
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to… — Bono
Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it… — Bjork
That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness,… — Danny Boyle
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. — Richard Branson
Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. — Joyce Brothers
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. — Rita Mae Brown
To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek… — Steven Brust
Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to… — Luke Bryan
I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell… — Bill Bryson

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