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Quotes About Instinct

A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.
~ Hosea Ballou
But you don't always have to ask to know.
~ Howard Jacobson
The "four 'F's'" of animal behavior—fleeing, fighting, feeding, and…reproducing—all depend on acquiring information and
~ Unknown
We've forgotten that we were once prey, not predator -- forgotten the intense terror, the claustrophobic horror .../ ... The ALIENATION ...
~ Unknown
Dog's just want to sniff an ass and eat some food.
~ Unknown
Each flies with its own kind: pigeon with pigeon, hawk with hawk.
~ Idries Shah
El grado de necesidad determina el desarrollo de órganos en el hombre… por lo tanto incrementa tu necesidad.
~ Idries Shah
I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
~ Iggy Pop
What drove my final choice was the reality that I did not wake up a single morning wanting to be president or with the fire and passion needed for a successful campaign. I was not a political figure. It was not me. Once I accepted what that instinct was telling me, the choice was clear, the decision easy. I get asked almost daily if I have any regrets. The answer is no.
~ Colin Powell
Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.
~ Colin Wilson
Ali sigurno razumije. Sigurno zna da se dogodilo nezamislivo, i da ?e preživljavanje iziskivati nekad nezamislive poteze. Jer više sati kasnije, kad se probudim u svom krevetu, na mjese?ini vidim da je i on ondje. Š?u?urio se pokraj mene, žute o?i su mu na oprezu. ?uva me od no?i.
~ Unknown
We are not here to earn riches with a bow. The wolf does not think of fine things, only that his pack is strong and no other wolf dares to cross his path. That is enough.
~ Conn Iggulden
You do not placate a tiger by feeding it your own flesh.
~ Conn Iggulden
Predators did not need mercy.
~ Conn Iggulden
Some people will always be animals, while the others want to be... people.
~ Conn Iggulden
The man who draws first sparks an unconscious response from a trained opponent, who tends to draw more smoothly and with greater speed. It is counter-intuitive, but as Japanese kendo fighters will affirm, the instinctive reaction after thousands of hours of training is often faster than a blow resulting from a controlled decision. On
~ Conn Iggulden
You won't calm the tiger if you feed him with your own flesh
~ Conn Iggulden
In hunger, one doesn't choose
~ Conn Iggulden
The wolf brothers can tear each others into pieces, no matter the blood kinship
~ Conn Iggulden
We're wolves, boy, and a wolf doesn't ask for the goat it kills.
~ Conn Iggulden
A wolf doesn't think about refined thing. He only cares that his pack is strong and that no other wolf dares to cross his way
~ Conn Iggulden
And the blood remembers what the heart has never learned. The approach to kill. ("The Moon Of Montezuma")
~ Cornell Woolrich
It's just some instinct as old as fear: you seek the dark when you hide, you seek the light when the need to hide is gone. All the animals have it too. ("New York Blues")
~ Cornell Woolrich
Don't be bitter and mean 'couse you don't fit in, it's a GIFT. Look at you. you've got your individuality, you don't have the herd instinct, you can read Neitzsche and understand it. Only dumb people are happy.
~ Courtney Love