Quotes by Instinct The passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct. Henri Rousseau instinct justice men One must, of course, have one's entire experience behind one and not have lost the freshness of instinct. Henri Matisse instinct behinds lost Lovers have an ineffable instinct which detects the presence of rivals. Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer rivals instinct love To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature. Henry Cantwell Wallace crops instinct nature I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me. Helen Mirren maternal-instinct instinct motherhood You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry. Haruki Murakami hungry instinct talent Unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful. Henri Frederic Amiel instinct spontaneity earth Faith is certitude without proofs ... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction. Henri Frederic Amiel proof instinct faith There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy. Henryk Sienkiewicz instinct moral enemy His (the theologian) basic instinct of self preservation forbids him to respect reality at any point or even to let it get a word in. Friedrich Nietzsche instinct self reality The Killer instinct is not perceived by words, but by look. Hiroya Oku killers instinct looks It's interesting, I had absolutely no maternal instinct. I'm much more interested in young people now. Holland Taylor instinct people interesting Intuition is reason in a hurry. Holbrook Jackson instinct intuition reason Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities. Honore de Balzac instinct born men Habit can overcome anything but instinct, and can greatly modify even that. Horace Mann instinct habit overcoming Those who have gone through the high school of reporterdom have acquired a new instinct by which they see and hear only that which can create a sensation, and accordingly their report becomes not only a careless one, but hopelessly distorted. Hugo Munsterberg instinct gone school By dint of making sacrifices, a man grows interested in the person who exacts them. Great ladies, like courtesans, know this truth by instinct. Honore de Balzac instinct sacrifice men They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241) Ilsa J. Bick drowning instinct looks When I go out of the house for a walk, uncertain as yet whither I will bend my steps, [I] submit myself to my instinct to decide for me. Henry David Thoreau instinct house steps When somebody is doing something really funny, in real life and as a performer, my instinct is to join them. Jake M. Johnson instinct real-life real «56789101112131415»