Quotes About Instinct

Una gran fuente de sabiduría es la intuición, nuestro conocimiento interior.

Quem banca o Carneiro, e não o homem, a Onça chega por trás e come.

Humankind seems to instinctively eschew responsibility. But taking responsibility for your spiritual practice, working from the heart of your home outward, is a step toward a more rewarding relationship with the world around you.

If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire

I call that law universal, which is conformable merely to dictates of nature; for there does exist naturally an universal sense of right and wrong, which, in a certain degree, all intuitively divine, even should no intercourse with each other, nor any compact have existed.

Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.

The instinct of imitation is implanted in man from childhood, one difference between him and other animals being that he is the most imitative of creatures; and through imitation he learns his earliest lessons.

Desperate people lose the thing that makes them human beings. They lose their heart. Anger and hate fill them so that they act like animals.

the ability of, say, a male praying mantis to continue coitus even as his mate chews off his head makes the point.

From this point of view, a male cuttlefish who copulates with a dead female is not only wasting his time but making a serious philosophical mistake.

Our "love" of birds and four-legged animals instinctively warns that we must not harm these fellow creatures—and never kill them for our food! Mother Nature has abundantly supplied us with quantities of delicious, nutritious fruits and vegetables on which we thrive! With a clean bloodstream coursing through our bodies, any thought of cannibalism becomes obnoxious.

I felt that there were no magazines or books around in the Stone Age, and yet every schmuck took care of babies back then, so how wrong could you go? As long as you love the baby, you figure it out, just like with everything you love doing.

The joy that came to your caveman ancestor from finding a sweet berry on a bush couldn't occupy him for very long, lest he be distracted from the threat of the tiger, for whom your ancestor would make a nice lunch. That's why, when it comes to success, you can't ever get enough.

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

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.

My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.

The great songs just come out. If it comes quick, just leave it that way.

I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know.

You have half a second to make your mind up to know if you're going to shoot, pass, drive. Don't hold the ball too long, and make your decision quick.

When you play quarterback your whole life, you're kind of taught to sit in the pocket. If you want to get out of there quick, you probably shouldn't play quarterback.

I pick my swimsuits just like I pick my women. As soon as I see it, I like it, and that's it. I get it real quick.

If someone a lot quicker than me was running past, I might have pulled his shirt.

I fall in love quickly, but I fall out of love even quicker.