#instincts

I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#father #fortunate #gambling #gene #gift

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

— Gordon Ramsay

#go #i #impulse #instincts

To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun! ↗

— Bill Rancic

#be yourself #candidates #few #follow #fun

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason. ↗

— Herbert Read

#analogous #appetites #assumption #being #digestions

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him. ↗

— George Santayana

#diseases #him #instincts #less #man

A criminal is a person with predatory instincts without sufficient capital to form a corporation. ↗

— Howard Scott

#corporation #criminal #form #instincts #person

She has good instincts, but wrong judgments. She'll rue the day. ↗

— David O. Selznick

#good #instincts #judgments #she #wrong

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

[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish species. Past human greatness has proven that when challenged, love can overpower impulsive instinct, and in essence, the vilest aspects of our nature. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#essence #flaw #human #human-condition #human-nature

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#best #bridges #change #choruses #figured