Instinctively Quotes

197 quotes by 181 authors

Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence. — Timothy Keller
We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will… — Timothy Keller
But you're dead," said Harry. "Oh yes," said Dumbledore matter-of-factly. "Then...I'm dead too?" "Ah," said Dumbledore, smiling still more broadly. "That is the question, isn't… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Most people, I've noticed, are instinctively harsh to strangers. They expect every approach to be an attack, every question to be an interruption. — David Levithan
Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell… — Colin Wilson
It was that surrender he needed. That complete feminine submission to every stroke, every caress, ever naughty act. Only in that submission would the subconscious… — Lora Leigh
Listening is the most dangerous thing of all, listening means knowing, finding out about something and knowing whatâ€™s going on, our ears donâ€™t have lids… — Javier MarÃas
I started to kiss him back, slower and clumsy where his had been sure, practiced. I was worried I was doing it wrong, but then… — J. Lynn
Thorne blinked at her, then down at the sewage he could barely make out in the darkness. "Don't you have some tool in that fancy… — Marissa Meyer
Ryoji: It's either that she doesn't know how to lean on someone or she's simply that selfless. She won't give me a space to worry… — Bisco Hatori
Probably there is an imperceptible touch of something permanent that one feels instinctively to adhere to true humour, whereas wit may be the mere conversational… — Mark Twain
Enthusiasm is the way you trigger other people's emotions so they instinctively help and support you.. — Paul Meyer
You have to know what you want. And if it seems to take you off the track, don't hold back, because perhaps that is instinctively… — Gertrude Stein
Human life is so full of pain, that once past the youthful delusion that a sad countenance is interesting, and an incurable woe the most… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
When you do the right thing, but not to any particular person, we instinctively feel that we have earned some sort of pay back. Since… — Julian Baggini
If you over-think, it affects things too much; I work instinctively, like painting in a way. Think too much, and you ruin everything. — Chris Lilley
Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some… — Zig Ziglar
I seem most instinctively to believe in the human value of creative writing, whether in the form of verse or fiction, as a mode of… — John Updike
When I was 11 years old, my parents wanted me to do something besides get in trouble. So they enrolled me in sailing classes at… — David Crosby
Listeners instinctively detect that when we lower the usual pitch of our voice, we are sad, and when we raise it, we are angry or… — Leonard Mlodinow

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