#instincts

Man has no automatic code of survival. His particular distinction from all other living species is the necessity to act in the face of alternatives by means of volitional choice. He has no automatic knowledge of what is good for him or evil, what values his life depends on, what course of action it requires. Are you prattling about an instinct of self-preservation? An instinct of self-preservation is precisely what man does not possess. An 'instinct' in as unerring and automatic form of knowledge. A desire is not an instinct. A desire to live does not give you the knowledge required for living. And even man's desire to live is not automatic: your secret evil today is that that is the desire you do not hold. Your fear of death is not a love of life and will not give you the knowledge needed to keep it. Man must obtain his knowledge and choose his actions by a process of thinking, which nature will not force him to perform. Man has the power to act as his own destroyer--and that is the way he has acted through most of history. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#human-nature #instincts #life #man #thought

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both. ↗

— Bono

#chance #change #change the world #fun #have fun

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. ↗

— Richard Branson

#creative #exercise #fun #instincts #involving

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#creativity #hope #instincts #more #never

On the one hand, people think they own kids; they feel that they have the right to tell the kids what to do. On the other hand, people envy kids. We'd like to be kids our whole lives. Kids get to do what they do. They live on their instincts. ↗

— David Duchovny

#feel #get #hand #instincts #kids

Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolutely with it and she has got terrific instincts, I think, as an artist, too. ↗

— Albert Finney

#artist #because #good #got #her

Stick to your instincts. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

#stick #your

If there's one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair it is this - I am not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people. ↗

— William Hague

#am #apart #articulate #blair #british

Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate. ↗

— Christie Hefner

#billy #both #business #career #decisions

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

#following #forgive #forgive me #give me #god