Quotes About Impulse

Every act has a consequence. In my view the world divides into people who can see that, and make a decision accordingly, and those who just go for what feels good at the time.

Every act has a consequence, Ellie. In my view the world divides into people who can see that, and make a decision accordingly, and those who just go for what feels good at the time.

And I kissed him until reason seeped out through my pores and I became a living pulse, conscious only of what I wanted to do to him.

I have no idea when I'll wear it, but I have to have it.

That's how I feel about clothes all the time. They talk to you, right? That dress has been screaming at me: Buy me you idiot! And maybe lay off the potato chips!

It was one of those days when every time I went to go out the door, something grabbed me in the back of the brain and said, lie down and masturbate one more time.

I saw the right way and approved it, but followed the wrong, until an emotion came along to provide some force.

The bottom line is that human minds, like animal minds, are constantly reacting intuitively to everything they perceive, and basing their responses on those reactions. Within the first second of seeing, hearing, or meeting another person, the elephant has already begun to lean toward or away, and that lean influences what you think and do next. Intuitions come first.

In later studies, Mischel discovered that the successful children were those who looked away from the temptation or were able to think about other enjoyable activities.

The author says we enlist reasons to convince others to join the direction of our instincts.

The controlled system allows people to think about long-term goals and thereby escape the tyranny of the here-and-now, the automatic triggering of temptation by the sight of tempting objects.

We are right to note the license and disobedience of this member which thrusts itself forward so inopportunely when we do not want it to, and which so inopportunely lets us down when we most need it. It imperiously contests for authority with our will.8

The persecutorial impulse - 'the urge to purify the world through the annihilation of some category of human beings as imagined agents of corruption and incarnations of evil' - seems to be hardwired into Western civilization.

It won't work I look before I leap I love margins and discipline I make lists in my sleep Baby what's my sin? Never quit-I follow through I hate mess-but I love you What to do with my impromptu baby

Of course, weakness is strong. It's the primary impulse. You'd probably prefer to sit in your little room and cry. Live in your finite collection of memories, carefully polishing each one. Half a life set behind glass and pinned to cardboard like a collection of exotic insects. You'd like to live behind that glass, wouldn't you?

Why can't everything be as easy as walking into H&M and putting a week's worth of clothes on a credit card?

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

En vista de lo cual ella decidió que fueran en el coche de él, con uno de esos impulsos románticos que tienen las mujeres cuando se trata de ahorrar gasolina.

En la personalidad inmadura hay una exaltación del instante y un vértigo por lo inmediato; la necesidad de una pronta recompensa le impide renunciar a las demandas del entorno. Y

Cuarenta y dos años contra dieciocho, a la vejez viruelas, crucificadla por puta. Pero qué lindo sería morder esa fruta verde.

Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. Which is why it is essential that we not respond impulsively to impressions; take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control.

My reaction to porn films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first 20 minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.

My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.

Lionpaw glared over his shoulder at the three cats, wishing he could ignore the stupid truce and rip a piece of fur from each of them.