Instincts Quotes

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Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I… — Lucinda Williams
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. — Oprah Winfrey
i learned that predators don't intentionally choose the weak or old or sick. they kill what they can, which means the slow members of the… — Craig Clevenger
I read," I say. "I study and read. I bet I've read everything you read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out… — David Foster Wallace
We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs. ... We wage war… — Brandon Mull
When we rejoice in beautiful scenery, great art, and great music, it is but the flexing of instincts acquired in another place and another time. — Neal A. Maxwell
I read the Bible and know little of its history, but the human beings who wrote it were instruments of Divine Power, and Jesus forged… — Paulo Coelho
The greatest art belongs to the world. Do not be intimidated by the experts. Trust your instincts. Do not be afraid to go against what… — Blue Balliett
What are you doing?" "Ya!" said Jane, whirling around, her hands held up menacingly. It was Mr. Nobley with coat, hat, and cane, watching her… — Shannon Hale
Strictly speaking, there are no such things as good and bad impulses. Think...of a piano. It has not got two kinds of notes on it,… — C.S. Lewis
Out yonder they may curse, revile, and torture one another, defile all the human instincts, make a shambles of creation (if it were in their… — Henry Miller
A man's truest self realizations might require him, above all, to learn to close his eyes: to let himself be taken unawares, to follow his… — Jean Cocteau
Recipe For Greatness - To bear up under loss; To fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief; To be victor over anger;… — Zane Grey
I don't have a lot of domestic instincts," Ranger said to me, his attention fixing on the unidentifiable glob in my hair, "but I have… — Janet Evanovich
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will… — Bertrand Russell
Nicole's world had fallen to pieces, but it was only a flimsy and scarcely created world; beneath it her emotions and instincts fought on. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment. — Bertrand Russell
A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up. — Jodi Picoult
As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend… — Charles Darwin
All around us lies what we neither understand nor use. Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us… — Margaret Fuller

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