Quotes About Instinct

Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details ... and they call the result intuition.

once a weak person gets really frightened, they get quite savage with terror and they've no self-control at all.

Not instinct, Hastings. Instinct is a bad word. It is my knowledge—my experience—that tells me that something about that letter is wrong—

The cat is obeying its blood instinct when it plays with the mouse! It's made that way.

In fact there is only your own instinct? Not instinct, Hastings. Instinct is a bad word. It is my knowledge-my experience-that tells me that something about that letter is wrong-

They were five enemies linked together by a mutual instinct of self-preservation. And all of them, suddenly, looked less like human beings. They were reverting to more bestial types.

When a man's neck's in danger, he doesn't stop to think too much about sentiment.

Las mujeres observan de un modo inconsciente mil detalles íntimos, sin saber lo que hacen. Sus subconscientes mezclan esas cositas unas con otras y a eso le llaman intuición.

From the very first I took a firm and rooted dislike to him, and I flatter myself that my first judgments are usually fairly shrewd.

It's really what people call intuition and make such a fuss about. Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out. A child can't do that because it has had so little experience. But a grown-up person knows the word because they've seen it often before. You catch my meaning, Vicar?

move, hoping to save itself by its immobility.

Instinct is a marvellous thing," mused Poirot. "It can neither be explained nor ignored.

A man in drink can be like a ravening wolf.

Yes, yes," he said. "That is true. They must have no inkling that we are using them for our own ends. They are honest men--and that is their value to us. It is curious--but you cannot make a revolution without honest men. The instinct of the populace is infallible." He paused, and then repeated, as though the phrase pleased him: "Every revolution has had its honest men. They are soon disposed of afterwards.

It is curious — but you cannot make a revolution without honest men. The instinct of the populace is infallible." He paused, and then repeated, as though the phrase pleased him: "Every revolution has had its honest men. They are soon disposed of afterwards.

Mas nós não somos selvagens! Somos civilizados hoje em dia. - Há diferentes tipos de civilizações... - disse Bob vagamente. - Além disso, eu prefiro pensar que todos temos algo de selvageria dentro de nós... Se conseguirmos pensar em uma boa desculpa para deixá-la escapar.

I rather think we've all got a bit of savage in us — if we can think up a good excuse for letting it rip.

There are certain primitive elementary forces, Raoul. Most of them have been destroyed by civilization, but motherhood stands where it stood at the beginning. Animals – human beings, they are all the same. A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

There's a spot over Lake Superior where migrating butterflies veer sharply. No one understood why they made such a quick turn at that specific place until a geologist finally made the connection: a mountain rose out of the water in that exact location thousands of years ago. These butterflies and their offspring can still remember a mass they've never seen,

Don't inhibit your hearing. Auditory cues can be early warning signs. You can hear gun shots even when you can't see the gunman. Sit in places that offer the best visibility of exits and others. Watch people for cues and indicators that they may be up to no good. Trust your intuition. That "gut" feeling is there for a reason, and you need to pay attention to it.

A man with a gun may hunt a tiger during the day with some expectation of success. Turn out his light, put the man in the jungle at night, surround him with the unknown and all his primitive fears return. Advantage to the tiger.

Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you.

Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.

Chinook salmon inherit a magnetic map along with the ability to taste and smell the differences among rivers.