#instinct

Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak. ↗

— Nate Silver

#cold #everyone #hot #instinct #into

You just have to trust your instincts and hope that if someone doesn't like your idea, you can prove them wrong in the final process. In the end, you can please some of the people some of the time, but that's about all you can do. ↗

— Bryan Singer

#end #final #hope #idea #in the end

Be true to yourself and go with your instincts - don't be somebody you're not just to fit in. ↗

— Rachel Stevens

#fit #go #instincts #just #somebody

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through. ↗

— Peter Straub

#fate #generally #i #instinct #me

They've pursued their own agendas, and they've done what they've wanted to do and not pursued traditional careers in the music industry. They've followed their own instincts, and they are in many ways maverick performers. ↗

— Neil Tennant

#careers #done #followed #industry #instincts

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#instinct #intellect #intellect

Rarely did events play out as imagined, in any case. The order of future events was transient. In the same way that the past was reconfigured by selective memory, future events, too, were moving targets. One could only act on instinct, grab hold of an intuited perfect moment, and spring into action. ↗

— James Luceno

#future #instinct #past #imagination

What do you see when you look at me?” My eyes narrowed and I pressed my lips together, weighing my thoughts. All of his bimbo admirers aside, what did I see? What did my gut tell me about this man? What did it say that allowed me to wind up here with him, under such impulsive circumstances? “You’re a sad man,” I swallowed. “You’re arrogant and set in your ways, but that creates a fortress for you. It’s your safe haven. Behind the moat is someone who has lost something he loved, only I’m not sure what, or who. You’re afraid of something and your loyalty is hidden away in a cell, wounded by betrayal.” I rested my head on the pillow. “That’s what I see.” “On second thought,” he exhaled, letting his head drop next to mine. “You’re psychic. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#instinct #kate #love #perception #preservation

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often. ↗

— Paracelsus

#cases #composed #doubtful #ear #feeling

It's hard to learn to listen to your instincts. It's easier for some who have a natural ability to follow that little voice inside, but for others it takes practice. ↗

— Judith-Victoria Douglas

#listen #natural-ability #practice #voice-inside #love