Instincts Quotes

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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
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
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
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
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
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
I don't think many actors are the best judge of careers. I think generally we have good instincts about what we can do in terms… — Hugh Jackman
When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble. — Angelina Jolie
I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but… — Angelina Jolie
I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with… — Emeril Lagasse
Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. — D. H. Lawrence
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
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
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
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
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

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