Instinct Quotes

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I've always believed in instinct over intellect. The instinct is what you always knew; intellect is what you figure out. — Michka Assayas
Know that there is so much more to you than your body. It's not just about perfecting the steps; you must trust your instincts to… — Karen Kain
I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's… — Julie Delpy
Breaking an old business model is always going to require leaders to follow their instinct. There will always be persuasive reasons not to take a… — Clayton Christensen
Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of… — Elizabeth Janeway
A novel must be a rich forest known at the start only by instinct. — Dawn Powell
I have a woman's instinct and it's always a good one. — Princess Diana
To always trust my instincts, to always believe I have something to offer â€” no matter how meaningless or stupid it may be â€” and… — Chelsea Handler
That renunciation of human closeness, of our deepest instincts: is it, in the end, simply too much to ask? Good men-sound, healthy men-can't make the… — Jennifer Haigh
There are things in the human mind that are not meant to be seen or touched, things seldom even acknowledged by our conscious selves. Fantasies,… — Kay Hooper
It's all complete instinct and intuition, and that's extremely difficult to teach. — Van Morrison
My killer instinct is so strong that lions call me to take lessons. — Miguel Torres
The belief in a political Utopia is especially dangerous. This is possibly connected with the fact that the search for a better world, like the… — Karl Popper
Children have an unerring instinct for knowing when they are being patronized. They go immediately on the defensive against head-patting adults who treat them like… — Art Linkletter
It is the natural instinct of a child to work from within outwards; "First I think, and then I draw my think." What wasted efforts… — Ananda Coomaraswamy
Though we may be genetically wired for temporary happiness, we've also been gifted with the ability to recognize within ourselves a more profound and lasting… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Sex endows the individual with a dumb and powerful instinct, which carries his body and soul continually towards another, makes it one of the dearest… — George Santayana
Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if… — Jack Handey
But death's acquisitive instincts will win. — Harold Brodkey
That's what everyone thinks--they think being a cop is about punishing people for doing wrong. But that's not true. You know it isn't. It's about… — Scott Snyder

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