Instinct Quotations | Page 2

Happens I am very political. I have deep political instincts.

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.

I started a youth center in Houston. The kids would come in and want to learn to box; they wanted to tear up the world, beat up the world. And I'd try to show them they didn't need anger. They didn't need all that killing instinct they'd read about. You can be a human being and pursue boxing as a sport.

What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.

If there's one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair it is this - I am not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.

I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.

I've always kind of done exactly what my instincts said.

The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth. Hence the man who makes a good guess at truth is likely to make a good guess at probabilities.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Whether you like him or dislike him, Kobe is a special player. He has the killer instinct in him that a lot of the talented players don't have. When he smells blood, he goes for the jugular. That's a (Michael) Jordan-like quality.

When I was a child, I always wanted to be funny and to please people in my family. As you grow up that instinct becomes more refined, but it's still there.

We're not gonna do anything special. When it comes down to it, they're gonna play on instinct. And they're gonna play on the same instinct they've played with since October.

I have never understood disliking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment.

I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.

Just listen to your instincts. Don't talk to someone or start a relationship out of pity.

Maternal instinct, merely as an instinct, is unworthy of our superstitious reverence.

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.

The instinct of interest is the universal instinct of mankind.

I trust my instincts.

When I watch species other than my own, their instinct's wisdom is what most impresses and disturbs me.

My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct.

A novel must be a rich forest known at the start only by instinct.

The more knowledge you have, the more you're free to rely on your instincts.

The actor is merely a crude empiricist, a practitioner guided by vague instinct.

Intuition is seeing with the soul.

Reason is the servant of instinct.

I think comedy is more my instinct and more what I'm geared towards.

We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts.

I always believe your instinct is the most correct instinct.

What we need is to develop in all Foreign Service Officers a better instinct for understanding the needs of U.S. business abroad.

I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.

Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later

Sweet instinct leaps; slow reason feebly climbs.

Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It’s an animalistic instinct for survival.

We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.

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 about them.

But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.

In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.

We've talked about having killer instinct and putting teams away. But we gave up a goal in the last minute (of the second) and that's something that seems to be repetitive in our game over the last few weeks and we've got to address it. This isn't the time of year you want this to happen.

Humans will always tell you the story. Dogs can only tell you the truth. Trust your instincts and listen your dog.

I act with my gut instincts.

When anything is wrong with your child, your first instinct is to make it better.

Love is - OK, it's 20 things, but it isn't 19. And I think that love reaches for something which is very, very deep in us and is very easily obscured, and is also very easily denied, which is the instinct towards the other person, other than toward the self.

Last year we were the hunters and other teams were our prey. This year we haven't gotten our hunter instinct back, but I think it's coming.

So his choices are he can do nothing and sort of fudge it -- but you can't get away with that. The public and Congress are going to want something done. ... I've said this about Bud, and I think I'm right, his first instinct is always wrong. The second is almost always right.

So, I work on instinct and start probing with remarks and I have an indication of what the person is like before they even open their mouth.

She's a tremendous middle blocker. You can't teach instinct and she has it.

She might be the most naturally talented player we've got. She has a natural instinct for the game. She started getting more confident through freshman year and scored some big goals against quality opponents.

My instinct was to go for it, ... But then reality set in and I was like, ?What the heck am I doing??

My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV script based on prescriptions, on other peoples' ideas of what character should be.

My instinct is that it is deeply learned sitting at the table listening to one's parents. Police are there to be avoided.

One of the things we've been after the guys about is the killer instinct and not letting adversity get them down.

My first instinct when I have the puck and I have the shot is to shoot at that open spot (of the net). I get a lot of my goals that way, but also score on rebounds as well.

My first instinct was the play it on a hop. But it hung up long enough for me to make a play on it.

My first instinct was not to do it. I didn't want to trample on ( Whipped Cream ).

My first instinct is to win, but it would also be nice to set the record victory mark and pass into cycling history,

Mortgage lending is an opportunistic business and when business declines, the instinct is to consolidate to become more efficient, and that is what we are seeing.

My gut instinct is they need to do something in the $350 million range to be seen as 'Disney's on its way back in animation,'

My gut instinct is that the Australian dollar will wobble a bit lower from here. The interest rate differential is slowly being eroded. The Australian dollar is now less attractive to overseas investors.

My gut instinct is someone or some gang of thieves is targeting books (being held in places) with light security.

Poker is both math and instinct, and CEOs understand the bottom line and the odds. But knowing the numbers is not enough, they have to know how to read people, something they do every day in the boardroom.

One of the reasons we've been here for 15 years is we've never done business plans. We move by instinct and move very quickly.

I don't have this weird, natural funny bone that constantly comes out. It's not like my every instinct is to be funny, and I'm always having to dampen that down.

I didn't want my epitaph to read 'Here lies John Caudwell, billionaire.' I knew that wasn't enough. I've had a charitable instinct all my life, but working gave me no time for it.

Capt. Dan just had the instinct and nose to catch the bad guy.

I loved being asked 2,000 questions a day, storyboarding every move, knowing as though by instinct exactly where the camera had to be, because it was my story.

I feel like girls should dress down a little bit on the holidays, even though the instinct is to get really dressed up.

I don't think we have that killer instinct mode. When we have teams down by 10, 15 we've got them on the ropes. We let them stay in the fight instead of knocking them out. We have to act like pit bulls. We have to keep swinging. We have to go for that killer punch.

If a child refused to eat, the instinct of most parents is to worry because they're concerned the child will be hungry,

I'd walked away from 'Come Dancing' and gave 'Blankety Blank' the elbow when I felt the public had had enough. But I didn't follow my instinct to escape from 'Wogan,' and was persuaded to continue for another two years. I kind of regret that.

Glen has given us free rein and told us to play, as much as we can, by instinct so it is going to be very enjoyable.

He was broken down. It's hard for a guy to take all that. It's human instinct to feel bad.

I always think instinct is more interesting than anything you can think up. I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail.

He has a gut-level feeling for what's right and what isn't, what will work and what won't. He just has an instinct for choosing when to engage and when not to engage. It's really remarkable.

He had the microphone first, the instinct to broadcast, to be there. He didn't hesitate. He scooped the world.

He has enormous potential and an aggressive instinct disguised by his quiet demeanor. He really came on late in the fall.

He has an instinct for the game. He makes yards after contact, he's patient and confident and that's how those 3- and 4-yard runs get turned into something bigger.

He has some talent there running the ball. I don't want him to make a habit of it, but with a first-year quarterback, the thought process speeds up and typically the first instinct is to run.

We talked all week about having the instinct needed to put teams away but sure didn't show it tonight. We get up big and then seem to give our momentum and it just kind of snowballs.

With most people they really don't want to get hit. Because it hurts. Your natural instinct is to protect yourself. In football, you can't do that. When you try to protect yourself, you're more likely to get hurt.

When instinct kicks in now, he bolts into high gear and dashes invisible laps for a minute or two before dropping back to my pace.

God lurks everywhere. That's the fundamental Catholic instinct on the imaginative and poetic level-that God is lurking everywhere. Right down the street, right around the corner, there's God.

He's definitely had an impact on the way we defend because he is a great defender. He gives us a guy who can basically shut down people. He also does things you just can't teach. Every situation, he has great instinct and he has great physical ability.

His natural instinct took over. He was a little off today, but he makes big plays.

He just has a killer instinct. No matter who's guarding him and whatever team he's playing, he's going out there to prove to the world that he's the best player.

He is very unselfish. At times he defers to his teammates, but I wish he had that killer instinct from start to finish where he is just going to destroy people.

This was one of those games that we didn't deserve to lose. They took it to another level in the second period. We needed to have that killer instinct and put teams away.

Killer instinct is putting teams away and not making mistakes.

Joe sees a reflection of his wife in Pauline. That was his first instinct which attracted him, and it remains the underlying reason for his affection.

I think the power of a grandchild is it taps an instinct that people later in life also have towards... the world of nonprofits or charities. They want to leave a better place.

I think you could anticipate this spreading. Writing is best studied under a domain of knowledge. My instinct is that this will pay off for both sides. When you approach math as algorithm, it loses all its beauty. I think that is what is missing in high school math.

I think as far as linebackers are concerned, if you can run and make plays and if you have an instinct to be around the ball, you'll succeed (in the Eagles' system). This defense is in your face, it puts pressure on the offense and it dictates. We don't read and react. We dictate to the offense what we want to do and make them make a decision.

I think we all want to find the love of our life and live our fantasies. What art student hasn't used his art to get girls? What journalists or actors haven't used their craft as well? It's a very human instinct to pursue.

I think some people on that jury probably haven't slept real well and some may have that gut instinct that says, 'Oops.' Obviously they believe beyond a reasonable doubt, we accept that. But that doesn't mean that someone doesn't have residual doubt and residual doubt can have its voice in this phase of the proceedings.

I was able to use my instinct, the goal was a purely instinctive one. I enjoyed myself in this match.

Jeanette's got that killer instinct. John is a little more laid-back. But they're both great players.

I saw Jason coming off the edge and it was just instinct, trying to make a move and make him miss. And I did that. I thought he fell. I was running. I slowed down a little bit and then I felt somebody clip my feet and it was Jason Taylor.

Reason is progressive; instinct is complete; swift instinct leaps; slow reason feebly climbs.

Our natural instinct was to put things online that were public.