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Instinct Quotes (page 2)

I can imagine no greater catastrophe than if I were mistaken, and the theory were correct that what I consider secondary instincts or drives are actually primary instincts! Because in that case the emotional plague would rest upon the support of a natural law while its archenemies, truth and sociality, would be relying upon unfounded ethics. Until now both lies and truth have taken recourse to ethics. But only lies have profited because they were able to appear under the guise of truth. Under... Wilhelm Reich
Her own contempt for any forms of pressure society might put on her was so profound and instinctive that she as instinctively despised anyone who paid tribute to them. Doris Lessing
Eric Liddell quote: "Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the..."
Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the instincts as servants and not the master of the spirit. Eric Liddell
A tiger's DNA is also a 'duplicate me' program but it contains an almost fantastically large digression as an essential part of the efficient execution of its fundamental message. That digression is a tiger, complete with fangs, claws, running muscles, stalking and pouncing instincts. The tiger's DNA says, 'Duplicate me by the round-about route of building a tiger first.' At the same time, antelope DNA says, 'Duplicate me by the round-about route of building an antelope first, complete... Richard Dawkins
prepare a little hot tea or broth and it should be brought to them . . . without their being asked if they would care for it. Those who are in great distress want no food, but if it is handed to them, they will mechanically take it ' ... There was something arresting about the matter-of-fact wisdom here, the instinctive understanding of the physiological disruptions... I will not forget the instinctive wisdom of the friend who, every day for those first few weeks, brought me a quart container... Joan Didion
Armistead Maupin quote: "I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me..."
I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life. Armistead Maupin
Your mind knows only some things. Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, it will always lead you down the right path. Henry Winkler
Dorothy Thompson quote: "The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the..."
The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat. Dorothy Thompson
Kim Novak quote: "As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is..."
As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person. Kim Novak
I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things like that. Jennifer Capriati
Sugar Ray Leonard quote: "Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a..."
Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. Sugar Ray Leonard
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
Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody. Bjork
The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion. Matthew Arnold
Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemence, and fearing that she would crash against him, instinctively became absolutely rigid, and she felt herself embracing a statue. Anais Nin

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