Quotes About Instinct

Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.

Women have an infallible instinct for knowing when a man has fallen madly in love with them, especially when the male in question is both a complete dunce and a minor.

Moronic, which isn't quite the same thing. Evil presupposes a moral decison, intention, and some forethought. A moron or a lout, however, doesn't stop to think or reason. He acts on instinct, like a stable animal, convinced that he's doing good, that he's always right, and sanctimoniously proud to go around f***g up anyone he perceives to be different form himself. What the world needs is more thoroughly evil people and fewer borderline pigheads

It is part of our nature to survive. Faith is an instinctive response to aspects of existence that we cannot explain by any other means - be it the moral void we perceive in the universe, the certainty of death, the mystery of the origin of things, the meaning of our own lives or the absence of meaning.

Nobody can really be convinced of something he or she doesn't need to believe in through some biological imperative.

Wissen sie, Daniel, manchmal denke ich, Darwin hat sich geirrt, und in Wirklichkeit stammt der Mensch vom Schwein oder vom Hund ab, denn in acht von zehn Hominiden steckt ein Schweinehund, der darauf wartet, rausgelassen zu werden.

El imbécil o cafre no se para a pensar ni a razonar. Actúa por instinto, como bestia de establo, convencido de que hace el bien, de que siempre tiene la razón y orgulloso de ir jodiendo

men, as is more than evident, respond, contrariwise, to the dictates of their genital and digestive organs.

Zlo?a pretpostavlja moralnu odluku, nakanu i stanoviti promišljaj. Debili ili prostak ne razmišlja niti rezonira. On djeluje nagonski, kao zvijer, uvjeren da postupa ispravno, da uvijek ima pravo i ponosan je što podjebava, s oproštenjem, svakoga tko mu se u?ini druk?ijim, pa bilo to bojom, vjerom, jezikom, nacionalnoš?u ili, kao u slu?aju gospodina Federica, slobodnim aktivnostima. Na svijetu nam treba više istinski zlih ljudi, a manje potpunih budaletina.

Egy nÅ' csalhatatlan ösztöne azonnal megérzi, ha egy férfi halálos szerelemre lobban iránta, különösen akkor, ha a kérdéses férfi még csak egy málészájú kiskamasz.

La malvagità presuppone un certo spessore morale, forza di volontà e intelligenza. L'idiota invece non si sofferma a ragionare, obbidisce all'istinto, come un animale nella stalla, convinto di agire in nome del bene e di avere sempre ragione.

Qualcuno ha detto che nel momento in cui ti soffermi a pensare se ami o meno una persona, hai già la risposta.

el hombre, como nos enseña Perogrullo, obedece por contra al dictado de su aparato genital o digestivo.

Someone once said that the moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever

De mujeres, y de otros menesteres mundanos, bastante mas que usted. Como nos enseña Freud, la mujer desea lo contrario de lo que piensa o declara, lo cual, bien mirado, no es tan terrible por que el hombre, como nos enseña Perogrullo, obedece por contra al dictado de su aparato genital o digestivo.

Mala no -objetó Fermín-. Imbécil, que no es lo mismo: El mal presupone una determinación moral, intención y cierto pensamiento. El imbécil o cafre no se para a pensar ni a razonar. Actúa por instinto, como bestia de establo, convencido de que hace el bien, de que siempre tiene la razón y orgulloso de ir jodiendo, con perdón, a todo aquel que se le antoja diferente a él mismo

It is a scientifically acknowledged fact that any infant a few months old has an unerring instinct for sensing the exact moment in the early hours when his parents have managed to nod off, so he can raise the tone of his cries, thereby ensuring they don't get more than thirty minutes' sleep at a time.

El mal presupone una determinación moral, intención y cierto pensamiento. El imbécil o cafre no se para a pensar ni a razonar. Actúa por instinto, como bestia de establo, convencido de que hace el bien, de que siempre tiene la razón y orgulloso de ir jodiendo, con perdón, a todo aquel que se le antoja diferente a él mismo, bien sea por color, por creencia, por idioma, por nacionalidad

Es un hecho científicamente comprobado que cualquier infante de pocos meses de vida sabe detectar con instinto infalible ese momento exacto de la madrugada en que sus padres han conseguido conciliar el sueño para elevar el lanto y evitar así que puedan descansar más de treinta minutos seguidos.

Nothing had ever terrified her so much as sensing that animality under her own skin, the prey's instinctive recognition of her predator, dressed in elegant linen.

a principal diferença entre um homem e uma mulher é que um homem põe sempre o estomago à frente do coração. Uma mulher faz sempre o contrário.

All his life Reeve had reacted to good news and bad by wanting to throw things.

You've got to do what your heart tells you.

I've learned something: What many of us cal destiny is really our own instinct. We know what is right, but we don't want to admit it, especially if what is right will lead to our own death. We call it destiny so we don't have to accept responsibility for making those decisions. Human instinct is stronger than anyone will admit.