Instinct Quotes

1476 Instinct quotes by 1077 unique authors

There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to open one's heart, to give vent… — Alberto Moravia
I was a barbarian, tender and full of violence. I translated by instinct, without any method, not merely an artistic truth but above all a… — Maurice de Vlaminck
We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced. He… — Maurice Denis
Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the… — Adam Gopnik
Our training pushes us to develop a new set of instincts: instead of reacting to danger with a fight-or-flight adrenaline rush, we're trained to respond… — Chris Hadfield
The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because… — Steven Pressfield
Not every good idea survives. Not every new form of art is repeated. Not every new potential instinct is successful. Only the successful ones get… — Rupert Sheldrake
One of the things that I truly have had to learn, sometimes the hard way, but that I'd like to share with you is to… — Christina Aguilera
The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
About the book of Job: If it were today, God might be asking "How does DNA carry traits? How are instincts passed on in animals?… — Brian D. McLaren
Beauty is a living abiding presence completely untouchable by all the devices of man, such as moral codes, creeds, intellectual analysis, games and cliches, the… — Lawren Harris
When you make people angry, they act in accordance with their baser instincts, often violently and irrationally. When you inspire people, they act in accordance… — Peace Pilgrim
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed… — Rachel Carson
The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man… — Matthew Arnold
I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at… — Gerald R. Ford
A little reflection will enable any person to detect in himself that setness in trifles which is the result of the unwatched instinct of self-will… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
If obedience is the result of the instinct of the masses, revolt is the result of their thought. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Logotherapy . . . considers man as a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling a meaning and in actualizing values, rather than in the… — Viktor E. Frankl
One of the fundamental demonstrations of our natural instinct to Bond with each other is a will to give. Rather than domination, our most basic… — Lynne McTaggart
I follow my instincts and my excitement. — Rory MacDonald
The warrior instinct comes in, the heart, determination, the will to win. Even though you're rocked you still have to fight hard, to come back. — Timothy Bradley
I've had a great life following my faith and my instincts. — Evander Holyfield
One of my missions is to get people to go, "Oh, she's really nice and I really like her, but what were the words she… — Lucy Lawless
Every character lives in ever actor and if you're doing your job right, you're just accessing that part of your fantasy life. I can kill… — Matthew Lillard
I’ ve always been a fan of the basics. After you have a good solid foundation of Jiu-Jitsu, the rest comes by instinct. You create,… — Carlos Gracie, Jr.

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