Instinct Quotes - page 5

I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct. (Karl Lagerfeld)
The instinct for self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are perfectly aware by declaring them non-existent. View quote
Stefan Zweig
The Forsytes were resentful of something, not individually, but as a family; this resentment expressed itself in an added perfection of raiment, an exuberance of family cordiality, an exaggeration of family importance, and the sniff. Danger so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour. For the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing. View quote
John Galsworthy
Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies. View quote
John Galsworthy
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. View quote
Jean Cocteau
Nature has willed that man should, by himself, produce everything that goes beyond the mechanical ordering of his animal existence, and that he should partake of no other happiness or perfection than that which he himself, independently of instinct, has created by his own reason. View quote
Immanuel Kant
One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one's greatest efforts. View quote
Albert Einstein
In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with your strategy in mind. The worst mistake is to cut across the board. Instead, reconnect and recommit to a clear strategy that will distinguish yourself from others. View quote
Michael E. Porter
There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear. View quote
Peter Benchley
I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through. View quote
Peter Straub
Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you can use your gut instinct. (Robert Rodriguez)
I had seen cancer at a more cellular level as a researcher. The first time I entered the cancer ward, my first instinct was to withdraw from what was going on - the complexity, the death. It was a very bleak time. View quote
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face. View quote
Fannie Flagg
Conflict is the alchemical soup that transforms raw emotion and instinct into pure gold. View quote
Harville Hendrix
Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love. View quote
Helen Fisher
There's a natural instinct embedded in friendship, a sympathy that makes us willing to fight for someone we like when they are treated unjustly. View quote
Charles Duhigg
When the press began asking me for interviews, I freaked out. My instinct is to hide. View quote
Shonda Rhimes
Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride. View quote
Bear Grylls
No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. View quote
Georgette Heyer
I'm adding ‘canine' to my searches,” I said. "And ‘instinct.'” "Whatever. I'm adding ‘lunatic. View quote
Kathy Reichs
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. (Lynn Abbey)
Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man! View quote
Charles Alexander Eastman
Style is primarily a matter of instinct. View quote
Bill Blass
The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers. View quote
Edgar Fiedler
Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without missing. View quote
Flannery O’Connor