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Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.

Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.

Mysticism, in the narrow sense, implies a specific experience which is foreign to most poets and most men, but on the other hand, it represents an instinct which is a human sine qua non.

My mommy instinct is to go and hug my children.

Like many stories, 'Harry Potter' is making an appeal to kids' desire for independence and their anxiety about it. ... It may not be a conscious effort, but seasoned story tellers develop a certain instinct for what will fascinate.

I think getting an early goal helps any forward. He has that killer instinct. Once he gets one, he wants them all. ... He was different class in front of the goal today.

It didn't feel like a letdown. It just seemed like we didn't know what we were doing. One turnover led to another and another. I think the main thing is to have that killer instinct or heart on the defensive end.

It'd be a good feeling. You've got to have that killer instinct to put a team out when you have them down.

I'm somebody that pretty much operates by instinct, and I kind of have to follow my instincts.

You picked the seats you did for a reason, right? Familiarity. Too bad the best sleuths avoid familiarity. It dulls the investigative instinct.

I know I have pretty good instincts.

There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.

That was the first instinct I had ? to slide, ... I figured the quickest way I could get to the plate was to reach out as far as I can. I just said, 'I'm going to give up my body.' It's all about putting pressure on the other guys.

That was just an instinct play with the clock going down.

You just can't coach things like that, ... He just has a natural instinct of getting the ball into the end zone no matter what. And the funny thing is, he could have jumped higher over that guy if he needed to.

When I saw that out call, it was the greatest feeling. I just reacted to instinct. I celebrated without thinking.

We had a little killer instinct to start the second half.

We're very thankful for the successes we've had. And I'm grateful to have sons who are so competent. Bill is the heart of this company. He borders on genius. He has an instinct for good design. And Tom is a financial wizard.

We needed the killer instinct tonight and not let them get back in it.

We didn't capitalize on rebounds. Their goalie had several saves that were just by instinct because there was no way he could have known where the puck was.

We are currently talking with (WTA Tour CEO) Larry (Scott) and Etienne as to, A, should we consider a sponsor for official reviews. Our instinct at this point is we're not going to proceed in that direction initially. There are some sponsorship opportunities I think for both tours as well as the Open, from a statistical standpoint, possibly from a video standpoint. At this point, subject to further discussion, at least at this point, we will not be considering a sponsor for the official review call.

There is more emotion playing defense, ... If you make a mistake but are going hard, you can still be in the play. On offense, there is more structure every down. On defense, you can play more on instinct and athleticism.

There is more emotion playing defense, ... If you make a mistake but are going hard, you can still be in the play. On offense, there is more structure every down. On defense, you can play more on instinct and athleticism.

Those old streetscapes didn't present a tidy appearance -- it was a real syncopation of signs and storefronts with neon and flashing lights -- and I think the planners of the '60s looked down on that kind of environment. The instinct was to clear everything out and start afresh. There were good things about that, but it was also done at a real cost to the existing street life.

The deepest instinct is to want to do something enduring, something worthwhile, and to be engaged by that, whether one achieves it or not.

I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,” said Joanna. “It arouses all my worst instincts.

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

When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.

You should always trust the instincts of children.

Education is not sermonizing to children against their instincts and pleasures, but providing a natural continuity between what they feel and what they can and should be.

Your instinct is your true god. Follow it.

I sometimes like the situation that forces you to rely on your instinct and impulses.

Acting is really instinctual and I think you can overanalyse what you're doing. A lot of it has to be based on instinct.

If a woman's got any instincts, she feels when her husband's off the reservation.

Making movies is all about instinct.

Writing is above all a question of instinct.

There is generally not any conscious thought; it's all instinct, and practice takes over.

Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part.

A good huntress respected her partners instincts, even if he was socially ignorant.

Personally I prefer to work things out by feel, by instinct.

Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.

When a beggar asks us for a quarter, our instinct is to say that the State has already confiscated our quarter for his benefit, and he should go to the State about it.

What you intuitively desire, that is possible to you.

Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.

You know your gut instincts are spot on about a person when you can also detect a water source in the soil beneath them.

Why should a manufacturer bet his money, perhaps the future of his company, on your instinct?

Supposing you've got an acute appendicitis. You've got to be operated on tonight. Would you like to have a surgeon who's read some books of anatomy and knows how to do that operation - or would you prefer to have a surgeon who refused to read all books about anatomy and relied on his own instinct?

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.

Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John Singer] Sargent thinks.

Everything is instincts when returning kicks.

When a creature is exposed to violence, it will tend to adapt to that disturbance, so that when the violence ceases or the creature is allowed its freedom, the healthy instinct to flee is hugely diminished, and the creature stays put instead.

We let a couple guys get some confidence and they did a nice job capitalizing, but we have got to get that killer instinct and close the game.

We don't make it easy on ourselves. We talk about killer instinct. Why can't we make it easier on ourselves?I don't know what it is. We have to hope we have it for these last nine games.

We're all born with the survival instinct. But I think the true survivors, who get out of really bad situations, are ones who have lived in a certain way that directs them towards survival,

We really didn't have any killer instinct tonight. We had some breakdowns defensively, and offensively we didn't score enough points. Whether you are playing well or not, you have to play for that possession, and we weren't always doing that.

There is a built-in incentive to demolish. The first instinct after natural disasters is almost always to demolish buildings. It is almost always wrong.

Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.

You have to combine instinct with a good business acumen. You just can't be creative, and you just can't be analytical.

This time in the season our kids have that killer instinct. They didn't back down from the physical play.

We always talk about that killer instinct. You don't want to trade baskets at this time of the year, and I thought for the first time all year we really put the hammer down.

We've got to develop that killer instinct and be a little sharper in the final third. If you look at our goals against, it's pretty good to be honest. We haven't been giving up a lot of goals. When we lose that 1-0 game or 2-1 it puts a lot of pressure on us. Hopefully that turns around. There's no excuses tonight.

We need to continue (to have) that attitude and killer instinct into every game the rest of the year.

When somebody keeps telling you, 'This book is amazing,' you sort of have this pleasing instinct to say, 'Oh, let me make you happy again; let me do that trick again.'

Experienced trial attorneys tend to rely on instinct when picking a jury. You get an idea of the kind of people that you are looking for and pay careful attention to their answers and body language.

The government's instinct is to shroud itself in secrecy - to act like the office of a president instead of as a collective cabinet government held to account by the elected House of Commons.

The defense we're running is similar, but there's different terminology. We just have to get the terminology down and start playing it with instinct rather than reaction, getting it down and soaking it in so that when we're out there we're not thinking but just playing off our athletic ability.

You can never say what you would do until it happens to you. I wouldn't say I would have done the same thing or that I would have done it differently. The only thing I can say is that your family means the most to you. And when you see something like that happen, it's just instinct to go up there and protect your family.

We just don't have that killer instinct and it's been like that the we whole season.

To have those nerves to make those plays at the end of a game isn't something you really can be taught. It's instinct I think.

Every position is important and has its differences. It takes time to reach the same instinct level at first base that I had shortstop. It is a work in progress, but I'm getting there.

Assuming it's just us and Eureka Broadcasting, which is what my gut instinct tells me it is, I feel good that it doesn't look like some out-of-towner is going to come in here.

At this point, she hasn't been found guilty of anything. My instinct on this is that it's premature for me to make a decision or get too involved in this. I think it's probably not a terribly difficult thing to understand how someone who has been out for months and has large medical bills may have this happen with a small check.

Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen's faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.

Angela Merkel may very well be a dead woman walking. My gut instinct tells me Merkel is in a very difficult position, which is why the Social Democrats are grinning so broadly. Right now, everybody is playing chicken.

There's a deeply felt human instinct that uses fasting as a universal language with God,

There's no difference. He's going to bring that same killer instinct that he did at LSU. You can change the colors or the uniform but not the person.

There's no difference, ... He's going to bring that same killer instinct that he did at LSU. You can change the colors or the uniform but not the person.

These so-called women have no maternal instinct or compassion for the people that their policies have killed.

The spirit finds a way to be born. Instinct seeks for ways to survive.

The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.

I wanted to have an international career, which I have, and be free to work with whoever I wanted to work with. My instinct was to go back to France afterwards. I went to do a small film, then I went back and forth.

Pure instinct. That's a young boy out there doing what he does best. Reacting.

People expect you to take corrective action when there's a problem, and they don't understand why you don't do it on a pretty prompt basis. My instinct is that's the single best thing you can do.

After I had my kids, I realized it's pretty much all about instinct - you have to do what's right for you. Everyone has an opinion, but it was all about what you do or don't do. I was so overloaded, so I let my children dictate the way things were supposed to go, and things fell into place.

Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.

Coach didn't want us to let up. She wanted us to get that killer instinct and put them away.

Autistic children who go missing are almost always found dead in a ditch or at a lake. They get frightened of new things. Their instinct might be to hide in a small, dark place.

The moderate instinct is that the country is in crisis, and we have to find some degree of reconciliation and unity in the interests of the nation.

This is an incredibly large and confusing area of the earth; it's very easy to trust your racing instinct instead of the route book and your navigator ... I won't make that mistake again.

This is a piece of real evidence to back up the gut instinct many of us have that the denials of complicity we are hearing from E.U. member and candidate states cannot be relied upon.

They tell me it's my imagination and that there was nothing wrong with (the tires), so I decided to run a couple of laps and I should have trusted my first instinct and pitted.

They don't measure heart by inches, they don't measure courage, they don't measure basketball instinct and intelligence.

There wasn't a ton of time to write this record but that's also good because there wasn't a ton of time to freak out either. So it was just about enough time to follow my instinct and put my instinct down ... Your first attempt, your first thumbprint on every song -- that's what you can hear on the record.

There's a certain intimacy involved. You have to get very close to the person who's threatening you. It's the opposite of what your instinct is.

The repression of virtuous instinct in the modern world is an incremental tragedy. Repress one instinct, and you repress many; other parts of consciousness go down, also.

They played well, there's no doubt, and they started playing the ball better. I'm not going to deny they played well and I'm proud of them. But the bottom line is we lost. I've been telling the kids they've got to find that killer instinct and we could actually put people away 3-0, 4-0. We had our chances.

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive to freedom. Somewhere in the archives of crudest instinct is recorded the truth that it is better to be endangered and free than captive and comfortable.

As much as you want to suppress it, that competitive instinct doesn't go away. I didn't think it would come back the way it has. I'm running close to the same times I was when I was in university. I never envisioned that when I started, it was more of a lifestyle change that I wanted to make.

It's just a lot of instinct and it's a lot of understanding of what's there and what's not there,