Quotes About Instinct

Had to stay human. Wolf couldn't drive the freaking car. Or hold the gun.

Fish gotta swim, bird gotta fly, werewolf gotta have a pack?" I said wryly.

There is no shame in fear. It's what keeps you and yours alive.

Afterward the Captain was to tell himself that in this one instant he knew everything. Actually, in a moment when a great but unknown shock is expected, the mind instinctively prepares itself by abandoning momentarily the faculty of surprise. In that vulnerable instant a kaleidoscope of half-guessed possibilities project themselves, and when the disaster has defined itself there is the feeling of having understood beforehand in some supernatural way.

When your head tells you one thing and your heart another, listen to your heart. It tells no lies.

Every small things grows when you nurture it, Rosie. Love is just the same. But it that is making you miserable then leave and find something else that brings you the happiness you deserve to feel. Just listen to what your heart is saying and go with your gut instinct and it will lead you the right way. Other people don't have all the answers to the questions. Sometimes, we're all just as confused as you are.

Menschen sind nicht grausam. [...] Aber sie haben einen starken Selbsterhaltungstrieb und mischen sich, solange sie nicht direkt betroffen sind lieber nicht ein, wenn es Probleme gibt.

As humans, the strongest scents we project come from our genital areas and from our mouths. We've all had the experience of a less-than-well-mannered dog sniffing our crotch areas—though within the dog world, sniffing genitals is considered good manners! Puppies

Humans are the only species on earth that will follow a totally unbalanced, unstable leader. Animals, however—though I believe they possess an emotional and spiritual side—will only follow instinctual leaders.

Thank goodness they are curious! It's a sign of healthy minds. And while it may be obvious, it's our responsibility to educate them to the idea that romancing the unknown is attended by myriad possibilities, too, shepherding them through those heady periods of urge and instinct when they think they can soar, and deliver them, we hope whole, to a place where perspective begins to reign, where they know that the groggy old bear at the zoo will instantly wake the moment you step inside the cage.

Reg was never going to ace the Exams, not in a millennium. In fact, he didn't even bother to take them. He was the sort of kindly, dreamy boy who is prevailed upon by whim and instinct, and if he sometimes found trouble, it was always the charming kind, such as when a dog gets his muzzle stuck in a jar of peanut butter.

I would feel the urge to attack people, to bite them; they'd all be walking McBloodburgers to me.

I hated trying to figure out what was best morally, because so often that didn't jibe with my gut reaction.

Since he was a man with a powerful protective urge, he stepped ahead of me, in front of me. So of course, we were attacked from behind.

I started writing songs before I could talk - at three or four. It was in me, and I had to get it out. It was all freestyle, which is how I write anyway. I don't write the words down; I scat and come up with the melody, then the lyrics.

As a kid, I could just pick up melody and harmony instinctively, and that's why I can play lots of instruments.

All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.

Men and women are not the same in the kitchen. Women tend to be uninhibited and instinctive. Men are inconsistent, egotistical show-offs.

I sport a cave-man mentality.

My batting mentality is to see the ball and hit it. I don't know what bowlers see while batting.

Meryl Streep's really smart, and she's a film animal, and she knows that.

If I'm in the middle of a take and I start to think about what I'm doing, I just mess up and I have to stop and so I find that for me, you really need to trust your instinct.

You can't feed a cat with cream and food in the kitchen and expect him to go catch mice.

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.