#instinct

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#cause #failings #fame #generous #great

If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#call #does #instinct #intelligence #reason

Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man! ↗

— Charles Alexander Eastman

#be true #between #desire #founded #free

Making movies is all about instinct. ↗

— Dino De Laurentiis

#instinct #making #movies

Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct. ↗

— Denis Leary

#decision #eating #instinct #meat

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#boxing #brings #instinct #killer #necessarily

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#different #different things #each #expense #gratified

I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#common #common sense #door #education #else

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life. ↗

— Jose Marti

#death #glory #innate #insatiable #instinct

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#branches #grow #instinct #just #must