Instinct Quotes

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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. — William Cowper
We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's… — Bryan Cranston
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. — Aleister Crowley
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason. — Charles Darwin
The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. — Rene Descartes
I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess. — Walt Disney
Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it… — Theodore Dreiser
On the one hand, people think they own kids; they feel that they have the right to tell the kids what to do. On the… — David Duchovny
History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing… — Umberto Eco
The only real valuable thing is intuition. — Albert Einstein
There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling… — Albert Einstein
The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as the active partner in matters of love and his own… — Havelock Ellis
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe that all of us are born heterosexual, physically created with a plumbing that's heterosexual, and created with the instincts and desires that are… — Jerry Falwell
All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other people think that what you think… — Will Ferrell
We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn't ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits, cravings, family… — Jonathan Safran Foer
In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty… — Gerald R. Ford
When I found Jesus Christ, I learned to be a better athlete. I didn't have to go out there and knock them out in the… — George Foreman
If there's one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair it is this - I am not embarrassed to articulate the instincts… — William Hague
I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on… — Herbie Hancock
I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the 'Saw' movies. — Amber Heard
Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions… — Christie Hefner
Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want… — Anthony Hopkins
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a… — Ben Hogan
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. — Thomas Huxley

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