Quotes About Impulse

Es fácil que el miedo vaya por delante del pensamiento reflexivo. Y es esa estampida que nos empuja a actuar precipitadamente, provocada por la inseguridad, la que yo contemplo con gran escepticismo. Esa clase de miedo socavada la fraternidad, envenena la cooperación y nos lleva a hacer cosas de las que nos avergonzamos profundamente más tarde.

I was informed by my viscera that now was the time to put my arm around her shoulders. I ignored them.

Genialiteit is een vorm van domheid. Het enige wat je ervoor moet doen is zonder na te denken grote keuzes maken.

Os caprichos advindos do instinto sexual são totalmente análogos aos fogos fátuos: enganam do modo mais vivo, mas, se os seguimos, eles conduzem-nos a um pântano e desaparecem.

Our brains are not the wisest parts of us. In the great moments of life, when a man decides upon an important step, his action is directed not so much by any clear knowledge of the right thing to do, as by an inner impulse (an instinct) - proceeding from the deepest foundations of his being.

and when we decide by instinct

Now he was the dish of wrapped peppermints next to the cash register that I didn't want because they were free. Because

I've wanted to want it. I should think it would be exciting to become a dissolute woman.

I figured that I should just do what I wanted to do. Not think about it. Not say it out loud.

Lucky hard-ons are bio-degradable, I thought, because I was throwing a lot them away.

I think it. I say it. You hear it. Sometimes, I don't even think it, I just say it.

Within him something bade to cry out. He had the impulse to make a rallying speech, to sing a battle hymn, but he could only get his tongue to call into the air: "Why—why—what—what 's th' matter?

instinctively looked for guidance and inspiration. They were

I have a dark and dreadful secret. I write poetry... I believe poetry is a primal impulse within all of us. I believe we are all capable of it and furthermore that a small, often ignored corner of us positively yearns to try it.

Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.

This is how we bring about our own damnation, you know-by ignoring the voice that begs us to stop. To stop while there's still time.

What I'd show you is much more bizarre than anything we have looked at so far, and I warn you in advance that the first impulse will be to laugh. That's all right. Laugh if you must. Just don't take your eye off what you see, for even in your imagination, here is a creature who can do you damage.

In the end we are reduced to saying It seemed like a good idea at the time .

Then, for no reason I could tell you, I tossed the spool again, even though Elaine had asked me not to. Maybe only because, in a way, him chasing a spool was like old people having their slow and careful version of sex - you might not want to watch it , you who are young and convinced that, when it comes to old age, an exception will be made in your case, but they still want to do it.

I believe instinct's the iron skeleton under all our ideas of free will. Unless you're willing to take the pipe or eat the gun or take a long walk off a short dock, you can't say no to some things. You can't refuse to pick up your option because there is no option.

It is shallow desires which make a young man bold

Love: I recognize the emotion for what it is, an irrational self-destructive impulse, which is disguised as joy.

I don't care. I'm just gonna smoke. I'm just gonna totally smoke. I'll finish these, go to the store and get a brand new pack, smoke the shit out of that one.

He did it because he could not help himself, which explains everything and nothing