Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. Coco Chanel French Designer More Coco Chanel Quotes 4
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much. Lydia M. Child American Activist More Lydia M. Child Quotes 0
Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening. Ann Coulter American Journalist More Ann Coulter Quotes 0
And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human. William Gibson American Writer More William Gibson Quotes 0
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential. Bruce Lee American Actor More Bruce Lee Quotes 0
Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them. William Henry Hudson British Author More William Henry Hudson Quotes 0
I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual. Rem Koolhaas Dutch Architect More Rem Koolhaas Quotes 0
Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight. Henry R. Luce American Editor More Henry R. Luce Quotes 0
As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person. Kim Novak American Actress More Kim Novak Quotes 0
So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture. Thom Mayne American Architect More Thom Mayne Quotes 0
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards. George Orwell British Author More George Orwell Quotes 0
Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people. Ernest Renan French Philosopher More Ernest Renan Quotes 0
I think there's a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It's not an intellectual process, it's an instinctive process. Guy Ritchie British Director More Guy Ritchie Quotes 0
Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them. Joseph Rotblat Polish Physicist More Joseph Rotblat Quotes 0
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people. Ida B. Wells American Activist More Ida B. Wells Quotes 0
My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners. Agnes Smedley American Journalist More Agnes Smedley Quotes 0
There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game. Delia Smith British Entertainer More Delia Smith Quotes 0
Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God. Willie Stargell American Athlete More Willie Stargell Quotes 0
Most mothers are instinctive philosophers. Harriet Beecher Stowe American Author More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes 0
I felt a threat. It was pretty much instinctive. I needed to protect myself. Chris Sanders More Chris Sanders Quotes 0
He has done a real good job, ... He has picked up the system, he's a very smart and instinctive player, and he brings some leadership qualities back there. Chuck Knox More Chuck Knox Quotes 0
All of us are born with a set of instinctive fears - of falling, of the dark, of lobsters, of falling on lobsters in the dark, or speaking before a Rotary Club, and of the words "Some Assembly Required. Dave Barry American Writer More Dave Barry Quotes 0
Her legacy was her quiet dignity and instinctive rage against injustice, ... What she determined on the spot was that her dignity would not allow her to be treated unjustly. Diane Watson More Diane Watson Quotes 0
Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers. Harriet Beecher Stowe American Writer More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes 0
It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution. Havelock Ellis British More Havelock Ellis Quotes 0