The old assumption that animals acted exclusively by instinct, while man had a monopoly of reason, is, we think, maintained by few people nowadays who have any knowledge at all about animals. We can only wonder that so absurd a theory could have been held for so long a time as it was, when on all sides the evidence if animals' power of reasoning is crushing.
Instinct Quotes (512 Quotes)
You don't have to preach honesty to men with creative purpose. Let a human being throw the engines of his soul into the making of something, and the instinct of workmanship will take care of his honesty.
Against a great team like Dallas, when you put your foot on their neck you've got to step on it. It's a killer instinct.
Splitting is not good enough. If we settle to do that, we're a .500 team. That's not good enough. We have to have a little more of a killer instinct.
I think anybody who has ever questioned our killer instinct, finally I think we're understanding what's that about.
My life isn't theories and formulas. It's part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I've absorbed what logic I have from everything and everyone ... from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer, from magazine, from the laws of life and health and nature.
Logotherapy ... considers man as a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling a meaning and in actualizing values, rather than in the mere gratification and satisfaction of drives and instincts.
You can't worry about instinct. You have to do what you feel is right at the time, do your homework and make the calls. You have to live with the calls you make and if your heart is in it, at least you feel good at the end of the night, no matter what happens.
George is a nice guy, no doubt. He's learned that he can be a gentleman and still have a killer instinct. Me, I'm the opposite. I'm a jerk who has to work at being a gentleman. I've always loved to put the hurt on people.
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
My instinct is we should commit.
Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.
Be assured that Triple H is more than ready to return to Monday Night RAW and he and the incomparable 'Nature Boy' will make quite the impact if my instincts are correct.
He's the real thing. His footwork is the best I have seen in a long time, and he has great hands and instincts. Every team needs somebody good to play shortstop and he's the guy here. The way he played for us last year was outstanding.
They lost Game7 of the conference finals when Devils winger Jeff Friesen scored with 214 to play, but by then it was just as easy to say that Ottawa had beaten itself. Despite having home ice advantage in all three of their playoff series, the Senators didn't win the first two games at home in any series. Then they committed the unpardonable act of falling behind three games to one to New Jersey. For Ottawa to be a juggernaut this season, it must assert itself. This team, ... needs more of a killer instinct.
Her quickness, agility and basic one-on-one defending instincts are off the charts. She wins a lot of headers and she's extremely fast. With the way teams are playing the ball over a flat defense, that's critical.
My mommy instinct is to go and hug my children.
I don't know about unique I think he's good. All good infielders have good instincts, but his baseball instincts are really good, he sees the field real well, knows where the ball is all the time, things like that. Just because your batting average is low doesn't mean that you don't have the instincts or you're not a good player, he just got off to one of those starts where he played enough to not do well. We've all been through it. For whatever reason, he just had a tough time getting untracked.
Every kid comes to school with a success instinct. We need to have high expectations for them.
As a doctor, my first instincts are to help, and I was privileged to offer my assistance today at the scene of this horrible accident. My heart goes out to this family, which must face the start of the new year with this terrible tragedy. My thoughts and
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper
Man is not merely a combination of appetites, instincts, passions and curiosity. Something more is needed to explain great human deeds, virtues, sacrifices, martyrdom. There is an element in the great mystics, the saints, the prophets, whose influence has been felt for centuries, which escapes mere intelligence.
Looking back, I realize that nurturing curiosity and the instinct to seek solutions are perhaps the most important contributions education can make.
To this day, I don't know how he withstood the things he did without lashing back. I've been through a lot in my time, and I consider myself to be a patient man, but I know I couldn't have done what Jackie did. I don't think anybody else could have done it. Somehow, though, Jackie had the strength to suppress his instincts, to sacrifice his pride for his people.
That was just an instinct play with the clock going down.
I'm somebody that pretty much operates by instinct, and I kind of have to follow my instincts.
Absolutely. She has great speed and great vision. She knows when to make a run, when to make a pass. Claudia has great, great soccer instincts. As a coach, you see it everyday, and I'm just in awe of some of the stuff she does.
He's very good, ... He's very athletic, very aggressive, has great instincts. We looked at him hard in evaluating the draft, and he's a playmaker. He has a way of getting to the ball (and) getting the ball pulled out. He's going to be an outstanding playe
Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together.
I never thought about draw or lose before each game. I always think about winning the match, whatever the color of my shirt. I play by instinct, and my instinct is to goal. I will not do any other things that not related to it.
Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to be sexual or erotic have a sexual root or core. They are all sublimations of the sexual instinct.
What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another he strives to live a supernatural life.
You must be a man of incredible intellect and intense instincts. I can see that by your lauding and praises. You have to be brilliant.
Style is primarily a matter of instinct.
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ability to surrender to the inspiration whenever it strikes. When I clear my mind and let the music take over, my hands seem to move on their own, and my voice utters words I haven't premeditated. This is pure instinct. It's like riding a wave. You just take a deep breath, hop on, and hang on as long as you can. That's basically how I songwrite when I'm composing impromptu pieces. It's a lot like channeling. Or free associating. And it's super fun, because anything can happen It's pure creativity.
So long as a man remains a gregarious and sociable being, he cannot cut himself off from the gratification of the instinct of imparting what he is learning, of propagating through others the ideas and impressions seething in his own brain, without stunting and atrophying his moral nature and drying up the surest sources of his future intellectual replenishment.
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.
Killer instinct is putting teams away and not making mistakes.
Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever - and the instinct that urges the question is God's answer to man, for no instinct is given in vain.
It was more or less just an instinct thing, ... Seeing the situation, I just took a gamble. It might be a little bit out of the norm but every run against Randy is huge.
This kid looks like a real player. He does a lot of things. I'm sure he'll be fun to watch. He's got a little bit of Lehtinen in him, and he looks like he might have more upside offensively. He's got all the right instincts. I don't know how he'll turn out, but just watching him, he looks like a real hockey player.
At a charity event, Bernie sat in with James Taylor and played with him. He's an artist. Bernie doesn't have baseball instincts like a lot of other players. Instincts, you're not born with. He's got to digest and calculate. He works extremely hard.
When I saw that out call, it was the greatest feeling. I just reacted to instinct. I celebrated without thinking.
I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening. The way I approach comedy, is you have to commit to everything as if it's a dramatic role, meaning you play it straight.
As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world
because there is no way a guy can have that much ability, and that kind of instinct, vision and burst, and he shouldn't be playing.
The charities of life are scattered everywhere, enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows. They are not the fruit of study, nor the privilege of refinement, but a natural instinct.
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.
If you asked him who he'd like to be a model of, one of the judges he'd say would be Henry Friendly. John is somebody with quite conservative instincts, but who is very faithful to law, precedent, logic and argument.