Instinct Quotes

1476 Instinct quotes by 1077 unique authors

Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It’s an animalistic instinct for survival. — Elie Tahari
Conflict is the alchemical soup that transforms raw emotion and instinct into pure gold. — Harville Hendrix
The worst enemy of the strategist is the clock. Time trouble... Reduces us all to pure reflex and reaction, tactical play. Emotion and instinct cloud… — Garry Kasparov
As I look back I know that most of the mistakes I have made have come when I didn't listen to myself, when I didn't… — Christine Todd Whitman
Take one more deep breath, savor it, and plunge forward without thinking. Do not allow yourself hesitation. Do not allow yourself a moment of doubt.… — Corey Taylor
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious… — Carl Jung
By way of personal instinct, I have an inherent distaste for grandiose rhetorical statements, which don't have any substantive dimension to them — Kevin Rudd
Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none of their business… — George Mikes
I believe that instinct is what makes a genius a genius. — Bob Dylan
In the absence of certainty, instinct is all you can follow. — Jonathan Cainer
Listen to your instincts, then do the opposite. — Robert W. Bly
Do I know I'm right? Judgments aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being, as fallible and as… — Tony Blair
The literary scene is a kind of Medusa’s raft, small and sinking, and one’s instinct when a newcomer tries to clamber aboard is to step… — John Updike
There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower… — Bliss Carman
You must have the courage to trust your instincts and be ready to question what other people don't. If you do that, you can seize… — Richard Branson
Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct. — Edith Head
By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves. — Bernie Siegel
Love is the sole impulse for creation; and the man who does not have it as the greatest incentive in his life has never developed… — Ernest Holmes
Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it? — Steven Pressfield
The reason good women like me and flock to my pictures is that there is a little bit of vampire instinct in every woman. — Theda Bara
There are two sorts of beauty; one is the result of instinct, the other of study. A combination of the two, with the resulting modifications,… — Paul Gauguin
When I was just starting out, I met Cartier-Bresson. He wasn't young in age but, in his mind, he was the youngest person I'd ever… — Sebastiao Salgado
Why should a manufacturer bet his money, perhaps the future of his company, on your instinct? — David Ogilvy
The unwritten rules of behaviour are infinite in number, finely shaded, and subtle to the last fraction of a degree. They are not to be… — Hal Porter
Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you. — Olympia Dukakis

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