Instinct Quotes

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Often I don't know what the song means until it's finished. Sometimes months later. I don't think that's bad. It implies that I don't know… — David Byrne
The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally… — Hannah Arendt
Artist by nature, actor by instinct, poet by accident, and vagabond by choice. — Don Blanding
I use three main tools in writing: instinct, hard work and dumb luck. Dumb luck is missing a train and, while you wait for the… — David Massengill
There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child - and an instinct to make any child who needs her love,… — Robert Breault
There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely… — Joseph Addison
You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone. — Sugar Ray Robinson
But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts. — Albert Einstein
The lack of perfection, that's the hardest quality of all, because you're fighting your instincts. You're trained to want to do things perfectly. — Gordon Willis
What better way to discover the unknown than to follow your instincts instead of your plans. — Rolf Potts
Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as your finger travels along the map: Yes, here and here ... and… — Colin Thubron
Those entrapped by the herd instinct are drowned in the deluges of history. But there are always the few who observe, reason, and take precautions,… — Antony C. Sutton
Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90 percent of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. ...… — Cate Blanchett
I looked to animal and insect imagery to develop the lack of substance and wasted motion that my Terminator has. I tried to tap into… — Robert Patrick
I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience. I'm not particularly… — Rowan Atkinson
It was like Mama suddenly realized I was good, that she didn't have to apologize for me. It was the strangest feeling. One minute I… — Liza Minnelli
I don't think [being monogamous] is a natural instinct for human beings, but it doesn't mean I don't believe in monogamy or true love. I… — Scarlett Johansson
If I'd seen a grown man beating a crippled boy, of course I'd intervene. If my father died and left my mother destitute, it's your… — Charlie Hunnam
Although I tried to be universal in thought, I am European by instinct and inclination. — Albert Einstein
You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which will probably get you in trouble. Or, you can… — Jack Nicholson

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