Instincts Quotes

540 quotes by 447 authors

Our human nature is profoundly phototropic. Men obey their deepest instincts when they hold fast to light. — Gyorgy Kepes
Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts. — Robinson Jeffers
Destroy it. There may be a redistribution of the land, but the natural inequality of men soon re-creates an inequality of possessions and privileges, and… — Will Durant
Masonry aims at the promotion of morality and higher living by the cultivation of the social side of man, the rousing in him of the… — William Howard Taft
How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts to become a… — Price Pritchett
My hope is that the generous instincts of unity will not depart from us...[so that we] become the prey of the little folk who exist… — Winston Churchill
I'm confident and I trust my instincts. — Sachin Tendulkar
It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much… — Hart Crane
To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.... In other… — Alan Cooper
She has good instincts, but wrong judgments. She'll rue the day. — David O. Selznick
The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called "patriotism" and "love of… — Sinclair Lewis
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more to ourselves and… — Emile M. Cioran
Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things. — Claude Monet
The people's instincts are still right. You see them come to the rescue of someone-a child who falls down a well-hundreds of people rush to… — Ronald Reagan
As I look back I know that most of the mistakes I have made have come when I didn't listen to myself, when I didn't… — Christine Todd Whitman
Take one more deep breath, savor it, and plunge forward without thinking. Do not allow yourself hesitation. Do not allow yourself a moment of doubt.… — Corey Taylor
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious… — Carl Jung
Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none of their business… — George Mikes
Listen to your instincts, then do the opposite. — Robert W. Bly
You must have the courage to trust your instincts and be ready to question what other people don't. If you do that, you can seize… — Richard Branson

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