Instincts Quotes

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There are some things too dreadful to be revealed, and it is even more dreadful how, in spite of our better instincts,we long to know… — Barbara Pym
Life is full of toil, sacrifice, and pain, and from the time we stop growing, we know that we've begun dying. We watch helplessly as… — Jim Butcher
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
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame,… — Terry Tempest Williams
And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most… — Augusten Burroughs
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these things… — William Bernbach
It takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight. — Rudyard Kipling
Man has been driven out of the paradise in which he could trust his instincts. — Konrad Lorenz
War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity.… — Charles de Gaulle
The Koran does not permit Mohammedans to drink. Their natural instincts do not permit them to be moral. They say the Sultan has eight hundred… — Mark Twain
...nothing so liberalizes a man and expands the kindly instincts that nature put in him as travel and contact with many kinds of people. — Mark Twain
Act before you think - your instincts are more honest than your thoughts. — Sanford Meisner
Reflecting back on your life is not only food for thought, but a Wiseman's bridge looking at how and why, you made your path for… — Ron Bennington
Liberalism and capitalism address themselves to the cool, well-balanced mind. They proceed by strict logic, eliminating any appeal to the emotions. Socialism, on the contrary,… — Ludwig von Mises
Looking to future generations, there is no cause to fear that the social instincts will grow weaker... the social instincts, - the prime principle of… — Charles Darwin
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier. — Christian Dior
Your initial instincts about investments and people are usually correct. We do a lot of due diligence in this business and most of the time… — Alan Patricof
When Walt Disney was making his films, he trusted his instincts and made films for himself, but they appealed to everybody, not just kids. — John Lasseter
Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But I… — Hamdi Ulukaya

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