Instinctive Quotes

185 quotes by 163 authors

Wildness we might consider as the root of the authentic spontaneities of any being. It is that wellspring of creativity whence comes the instinctive activities… — Thomas Berry
For me, as I began to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I became aware of how on an instinctive level I… — Rene Auberjonois
I'm pretty instinctive. I'm a quick learner. — Shannon Elizabeth
My approach to violence is that if it's pertinent, if that's the kind of movie you're making, then it has a purposeI think there's a… — Guy Ritchie
I think there's a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It's not an intellectual process, it's an instinctive… — Guy Ritchie
We live in the Age of the Higher Brain, the cerebral cortex that has grown enormously over the last few millennia, overshadowing the ancient, instinctive… — Deepak Chopra
I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive. — F. Murray Abraham
I'm not all that well-educated or well-read, and I always feel a little intimidated about that. I perceive things on a much more instinctive level… — Theresa Russell
Perfume opens endless horizons. It appeals both to the senses and to the imagination. Like an enchantment, it works on an instinctive level and at… — Nino Cerruti
The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall and the corporation.… — Alison Lurie
Homosexuality, like androgyny, might be an instinctive racial response to overpopulation, crowding, and stress. Both flourish when empire reaches its apogee. — Edward Abbey
Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?..Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire… — Erich Fromm
If today's arts love the machine, technology and organization, if they aspire to precision and reject anything vague and dreamy, this implies an instinctive repudiation… — Oskar Schlemmer
Feminists have emphasized for a long time the importance of each woman's individual entity and the necessity of economic independence. Perhaps it was necessary. But… — Dora Russell
By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief… — Leo Tolstoy
If one's patriotism is merely instinctive it is irrational and irresponsible, and consequently a danger to one's country. — Paul Monroe
I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting. — Albert Einstein
Howard Roark stood as a role model for me - as exactly the way I already was living. Even at that tender age [18] I… — Neil Peart
There have been many beautiful women since Marilyn Monroe. But who is there that has her total magic? Nobody has that vulnerability any more. We… — Bert Stern
Man is not, like the animals, an obsequious puppet of instincts and sensual impulses. Man has the power to suppress instinctive desires, he has a… — Ludwig von Mises

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