Instinct Quotes

1476 Instinct quotes by 1077 unique authors

Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against… — Lion Feuchtwanger
Absolutely nothing brings out the killer instinct in the upper crust of New York Society like a charity function. — Caleb Carr
Stories are there to be told, and each story changes with the telling. Time changes them. Logic changes them. Grammar changes them. History changes them.… — Colum McCann
Art, as I see it, is any human activity which doesn’t grow out of either of our species’ two basic instincts: survival and reproduction. — Scott McCloud
Prior to the advent of the civilization of the Third Estate (mercantilism, capitalism), the social ethics that was religiously sanctioned in the West consisted in… — Julius Evola
Going against the tide has never been difficult for me. It wasn't even a conscious decision but the natural consequence of following my own instinct. — Lewis Gordon
I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me. — Al Sharpton
If I listened to my instincts, I'd be down at the pub chasing women, not under a 400 pound bar squatting — Dorian Yates
Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around — it's easier, and frankly, we're usually right. [But] reverse the waterfall as much as… — Bruce Feiler
Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction. — Sherwin B. Nuland
Decisions, particularly important ones, have always made me sleepy, perhaps because I know that I will have to make them by instinct, and thinking things… — Lillian Hellman
When you have proved that God is merely a name for the sex instinct, it appears to me not far to the perception that the… — Aleister Crowley
The left-leaning thinking that dominates the movie business follows a common liberal instinct to deny the spiritual dimension to every problem, thereby profoundly compounding the… — Michael Medved
When a beggar asks us for a quarter, our instinct is to say that the State has already confiscated our quarter for his benefit, and… — Albert J. Nock
When you want something so bad and when something great happens, I think it's instinct that you say, 'This is gonna be the moment that's… — Joan Smalls
There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy. — Henryk Sienkiewicz
Whatever a guidebook says, wether or not you leave somewhere with a sense of the place is entirely a matter of smell and instinct. — Frances Mayes
Let's play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did. — Yann Tiersen
Market bashers ... might understand the claim that in some particular field, markets required no intervention--though they'd be skeptical--but the notion that, on general principle,… — Julian Sanchez
We should think of a photographer as a Samurai who makes rituals, moves and gestures in order to develop his techniques and his instinct. — Alex Majoli
When you don’t become fixated on winning the prize or appearing successful, and instead pursue your passions, then you will discover the fulfillment that comes… — T.D. Jakes
Your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him. — Murray Mexted
I think if you're artistic in any way, you're probably born with it. I guess it's a talent that can be learned here and there,… — Gabriel Macht
Belief must be something different from a mixture of opinions about God and the world, and of precepts for one life or for two. Piety… — Friedrich Schleiermacher
Pride of one's work is not improper, unladylike, or vain. We can all take a lesson from the sea turtle. She does not travel thousands… — Mary Alice

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