Instinct Quotes

1476 Instinct quotes by 1077 unique authors

Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill. — Florence Welch
It's just some instinct as old as fear: you seek the dark when you hide, you seek the light when the need to hide is… — Cornell Woolrich
And I think that in myself (and perhaps evident in what I write) fear of loss and the corresponding instinct to protect myself against loss… — Richard Ford
Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a foot into empty… — Joe Abercrombie
Sometimes instinct can be wrong. But sometimes it can be right too. And sometimes you just have to take it on faith. — Daisy Whitney
We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected. — Tony Levin
To unmask the deceit of every instinct for preservation is to procure salvation for humanity in nothingness.. ..Nothingness must be defined as the absense of… — Maurice Blondel
Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing… — Christopher Alexander
A man ranks lowest on the credibility index; if he refrains to appreciate the creative instinct of his acquaintances jealously, but likes the similar nature… — Unknown Author
Nonetheless, we experience a sense of freedom when we feel that we have the ability to make choices and satisfy our primal instincts. — Ori Hofmekler
Food and sex have been bound together for a long time. I guess this is due to the intimate connection between the two most powerful… — Ori Hofmekler
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own… — Albert J. Nock
Ringo, the last to become a Beatle, came into the group not because I wanted him, but because the boys did. To be completely honest,… — Brian Epstein
I think societal instinct much deeper than sex instinct — and societal repression much more devastating. — D. H. Lawrence
I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live. — Sarah Kay
Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart, right from the start, go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I've… — Lesley Ann Warren
When I photograph, I try to use my instincts as much as possible. It is when pictures are unconsidered and irrational that they come to… — Jacob Aue Sobol
Every thought which enters the mind, every word we utter, every deed we perform, makes its impression upon the inmost fiber of our being and… — Orison Swett Marden
The brown monkey's instinct to kill is correct; such men are dangerous to all monkey customs. — Robert A. Heinlein
You have to follow your instinct all the time. Otherwise you don't make it. — Ruth Bernhard
The authentic thing is to follow your heart, your instincts, your emotions. If you located yourself in an idea, your life would be lived very… — Emmet Gowin
My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature. — Eliot Porter
To live in any true sense of the word is to reject others; to accept them, one must be able to renounce, to do oneself… — Emile M. Cioran

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