#impulse

The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. ↗

— Joan Didion

#any #compulsion #compulsive #down #impulse

My mum says, 'Go with your first instinct,' but this can lead to impulse buying! ↗

— Lindsay Lohan

#first #go #impulse #instinct #lead

We are now living in a post-Roosevelt, post-Reagan universe. What comes next will not be post-partisan, because faction is an intrinsic human impulse. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#comes #faction #human #impulse #intrinsic

Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse. ↗

— Karl A. Menninger

#hope #impulse #life #major #necessity

Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#agenda #become #clear #eu #focus

If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both races. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#against #both #clearly #dismiss #govern

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. ↗

— Henry Miller

#because #continually #deepest #ever #few

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#families #great #husbands #impulse #particularly

I act on impulse and I go with my instincts. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#go #i #impulse #instincts

There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work. ↗