Function Quote by Konrad Lorenz

An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end…

— Richard Whately

Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct.

— F. H. Bradley

An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge.

— Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

— Delphine de Girardin

Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.

— F. H. Bradley

Instinct' usually just means our conditioning to believe this or believe that, without thinking to investigate.

— Fay Weldon

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

— Agatha Christie

“We are genetically programmed to react to stimuli in our immediate vicinity. Responding to complex issues that we cannot perceive directly requires the application…

— Graeme Simsion

It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Instinct is so interesting to me, because the way I see instinct is it's a practice at first, and then it eventually becomes natural,…

— Naomi Ackie

Behavior is ultimately the product of the brain, the most mysterious organ of them all.

— Ian Tattersall

If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.

— Jerry Seinfeld