Instinct Quotes

1476 Instinct quotes by 1077 unique authors

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. — D. H. Lawrence
Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct. — Denis Leary
My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go… — Ang Lee
Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. — Sugar Ray Leonard
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each… — C.S. Lewis
I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense… — Jerry Lewis
Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission. — Charles Lindbergh
My mum says, 'Go with your first instinct,' but this can lead to impulse buying! — Lindsay Lohan
When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take… — Harvey Mackay
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. — Don Marquis
An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life. — Jose Marti
Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. — Henri Matisse
A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead… — Phyllis McGinley
The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us is that we are to reach out when our instinct is to pull… — Jon Meacham
The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the most repulsive of… — Jon Meacham
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he… — Golda Meir
The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of… — John Stuart Mill
I've always kind of done exactly what my instincts said. — Sienna Miller
I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me. — Helen Mirren

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