Instinct Quotes

1476 Instinct quotes by 1077 unique authors

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
Never give up, trust your instincts! — Falco
The ultimate, angels' law, Indulging every instinct of the soul There where law, life, joy, impulse are one thing! — Robert Browning
So . . . I feel in regard to this aged England . . . pressed upon by transitions of trade and . . .… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
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
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
Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
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
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
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. — Charles Dudley Warner
God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature. — Julia Ward Howe
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
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
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
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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