Quotes About Instinct

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Let it be admitted at once, mournful as the admission is, that every instinct in his intelligence went out at first to greet the new light. It had hardly done so, when a recollection of the opening chapter of 'Genesis' checked it at the outset.

Women didn't 'learn' how to cook - you were born knowing how.

Two men are walking in the woods. A ferocious grizzly bear charges at them and they start to run. While running, they shout: Man 1: We'll never outrun the bear. Man 2: I don't have to. My only question is "Can I outrun you?

A cat is an example of sophistication minus civilization.

Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

Know the right moment.

The dog is turned to his own vomit again.

Most bicyclists in New York City obey instinct far more than they obey the traffic laws, which is to say that they run red lights, go the wrong way on one-way streets, violate cross-walks, and terrify innocents, because it just seems easier that way. Cycling in the city, and particularly in midtown, is anarchy without malice.

Well-trained reflexes are quicker than luck.

You might be a firefighter if the microwave goes off and you run out of the house thinking it was your pager.

Why do men chase women they have no intention of marrying? The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving.

Post coitum omne animal triste [Every creature is sad after coitus].

Live with wolves, howl like a wolf.

Let me govern myself, and I cannot fail in my instinct which is to seek my good.

Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being, as fallible and as capable of being wrong. I only know what I believe.

Frau Elena, does a bee know it's going to die if it stings somebody?

there comes a point where the pressure of relentless fear perforates rationality and the body moves independently of the mind.

How do they know what parts to play, those little bees?

But that bird can fly to Africa and back. Powered by bugs and worms and desire.

As if every living thing rushes to establish a foothold before some cataclysm arrives.

Alex knew he was in danger the same way an animal does. There was no need to ask why or how. Danger was simply there.

Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology.

I can tell there's going to be a fight in a pub five minutes before anyone else.