Quotes About Impulse

Oscar Wilde's advice, "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it

We are pre-disposed for fantasy, there is a natural impulse for human beings to want to get off their heads or out of their heads in something in a substance or a drink or an idea or a religion which will comfort them and make life exciting.

The ego develops a defense in order to protect itself against being overcome by unconscious demands such as sex and aggression. The work of the psychoanalyst is to get the person to become conscious of their instinctual urges, which may involve isolating the pain experienced when they were originally confronted by an unsatisfied impulse.

When a natural instinct surfaces, the ego wants to have it satisfied, but the superego does not allow that. The ego submits to the "higher" superego, but is left with the problem. It begins a struggle with the impulse and, to reduce the pain of not satisfying it, engineers a defense that allows itself to make sense of its decision to submit.

I'm the kind of director, at any given moment, an idea occurs to me, I'll just do it.

You're in front of an audience and thinking off the top of your head - you're going to say things that offend people sometimes. Sometimes I'll be driving home, and I'll be like, 'Oh, crap, I shouldn't have said that.'

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

I don't think through anything I do. I just do it, and it's oftentimes landed me in huge amounts of trouble.

I never get the feeling that I've decided rationally, cold-bloodedly to write a story. On the contrary, certain events or people, sometimes dreams or readings, impose themselves suddenly and demand attention.

Don't we fall in love with a girl in just one minute? It's all about the connect.

I'm addicted to online shopping.

I choose totally by instinct. And the only time I've ever gone against my instincts, I've regretted it.

My worst habit is opening the fridge and thinking: 'I'd like to eat something.'

Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us.

Cada impulso que intentamos aniquilar germina en la mente y nos envenena

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yeild to it.

We are punished for our refusals. Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

El único camino para deshacerse de la tentación es ceder a ella

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smoking is just a habit. 'Tolstoy', she said, mentioning someone I hadn't met, 'says that just as much pleasure can be got from twirling the fingers'. My impulse was to tell her Tolstoy was off his onion, but I choked down the heated words. For all I know, the man might be a bosom pal of hers and she might resent criticism of him, however justified.

Joan was nothing more than a friend. He was not in love with her. One does not fall in love with a girl whom one has met only three times. One is attracted, yes; but one does not fall in love. A moment's reflection enabled him to diagnose his sensations correctly. This odd impulse to leap across the compartment and kiss Joan was not love. It was merely the natural desire of a good-hearted young man to be decently chummy with his species.

I could see exactly what must have happened. Insert a liberal dose of mixed spirits in a normally abstemious man, and he becomes a force. He does not stand around, twiddling his fingers and stammering. He acts. I