#instinct

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#dirty #first #gratify #instincts #long

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#gifted #instinct #passes #rich #self-preservation

For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#being #instinctive #me #mum #really

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art. ↗

— Mae West

#emotion #instinct #love

For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression. ↗

— Billy Zane

#always #better #character #enjoy #first

Change occurs at the edges, without permission. ↗

— Patti Digh

#instincts #permission #take-a-chance #change

Most people are not prepared to have their minds changed," he said. "And I think they know in their hearts that other people are just the same, and one of the reasons people become angry when they argue is that they realize just that, as they trot out their excuses." "Excuses, eh?" Well, if this ain't cynicism, what is?" Erens snorted. "Yes, excuses," he said, with what Erens thought might just have been a trace of bitterness. "I strongly suspect the things people believe in are usually just what they instinctively feel is right; the excuses, the justifications, the things you're supposed to argue about, come later. They're the least important part of the belief. That's why you can destroy them, win an argument, prove the other person wrong, and still they believe what they did in the first place." He looked at Erens. "You've attacked the wrong thing. ↗

— Iain M. Banks

#belief #erens #excuses #instinct #justifications

I will follow my instincts, and be myself for good or ill. ↗

— John Muir

#follow #good #ill #instinct #john

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#babies #best #bringing #children #come

The spirit finds a way to be born. Instinct seeks for ways to survive. ↗

— Toba Beta

#instinct #life #spirit #survival-of-the-fittest #life