Instinct Quotes
1476 quotes by 1077 authors
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Never give up, trust your instincts!
— Falco
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The ultimate, angels' law, Indulging every instinct of the soul There where law, life, joy, impulse are one thing!
— Robert Browning
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So . . . I feel in regard to this aged England . . . pressed upon by transitions of trade and . . .…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's…
— Hector Hugh Munro
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The average beast of prey is a decent creature who merely kills for the sake of food or in a fight against an enemy. It…
— Gilbert Murray
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There are two types of compassion. One - is faint-hearted and sentimental. Actually, it is nothing more than impatience of the heart, that is hurrying…
— Stefan Zweig
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Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.
— Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
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I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than…
— Anthony Trollope
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Since man's natural instincts lead him to sin, all men are sinners; and all sinners go to hell. If everyone goes to hell, then you…
— Anton Szandor LaVey
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Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
— Charles Dudley Warner
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God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.
— Julia Ward Howe
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It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill.
— Julien Benda
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You can only go so far in analyzing each and every one person's opinion because they are often quite different. You just have to trust…
— Bryan Singer
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I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight…
— George Bird Evans
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Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the worlds at a standstill. The consequence of pessimism in the…
— Helen Keller
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When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really…
— Peggy Fleming
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We must overthrow the material and moral conditions of our present-day life. . . . We must first purify our atmosphere and completely transform the…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Looking back, I realize that nurturing curiosity and the instinct to seek solutions are perhaps the most important contributions education can make.
— Paul Berg
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Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five…
— Jonathan Swift
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So long as a man remains a gregarious and sociable being, he cannot cut himself off from the gratification of the instinct of imparting what…
— James Joseph Sylvester
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