Top 120 Instinctive Quotes

When I am making a film, it’s very instinctive, it’s not preset.

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.

Racism is not primal or instinctive.

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.

I’m pretty instinctive. I’m a quick learner.

An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.

You can’t really explain why you get on well with someone. It’s instinctive.

Islamophobia, in all its guises, seeks to minimise the importance of the individual and maximise the importance of the group. Yet our instinctive stance ought to be one of suspicion towards such endeavours. For individuals are undeniably real. Groups, on the other hand, are assertions of opinion.

I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.

I am very instinctive. When I read a script, I think, ‘Is this something I would want to watch?’

I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I’m an instinctive actress.

Indecision may come from an instinctive hunch that there’s more you need to know – which means it’s time to learn everything you can about the pros and cons of each option. You can continue on this track, however, only as long as you’re unearthing genuinely new information.

I don’t know how I would react to the casting couch. I’m sure that at that moment, you won’t really know what to do. Whatever you do at that moment is instinctive.

The truth is, we are a culture built on a reward system, and our instinctive pursuit of pleasure can often lead us astray. We will rationalize anything into an excuse to indulge in whatever it is that makes us feel temporarily satiated.

It is the instinctive wish of most American businesspeople, even those unlikely to be directly affected, that General Motors not go bankrupt.

I am a very instinctive Conservative. I have created a welfare system where it pays to work. I have created independent schools within the state sector bringing excellence to children wherever they are.

No matter what you do in the offseason, you can’t simulate putting spikes on and standing in the grass and being around your teammates. When you’re around your teammates, you step it up a notch. It’s just kind of instinctive you do that.

I think, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won’t destroy you.

Sancho is a player who has everything. He has fantastic speed, great technique, a good eye for his colleagues, and that key pass. Everything he does, he pulls off at high speed at the right moment. For me, he is a perfect player. The ability he has is instinctive, natural. You cannot teach that brilliance.

I don’t have a lot of instinctive fashion style myself.

I really like to experiment. That’s the only way I can work. It’s instinctive.

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.

The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life.

When my heart rate is so high, I seem to be able to play even better, without making bad decisions. It almost switches the mind off, so that I can play more instinctive tennis.

The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life.

Even when I’m reading a script where I’m supposed to be looking at the lead role, I’ll find myself gravitating toward some small weirdo in a few scenes instead. I’m very instinctive like that and I love the challenge of not having a lot of time to create someone who feels real.

I have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I’m too instinctive and operatic, I put too much heart into my work, I get lost sometimes in bizarre things – it’s my Italian heritage.

Men and women are not the same in the kitchen. Women tend to be uninhibited and instinctive. Men are inconsistent, egotistical show-offs.

Well, I don’t know what Ron has in mind, but I do know about the arc of the show. Looking at how intuitive and instinctive Eddie and I play, that is the sort of thing that leads into sexual chemistry. I wouldn’t be surprised if it emerged.

I have a gut instinctive feeling that I will be as massive as Madonna, as massive as Michael Jackson… Whitney Houston, sure.

I’m a very instinctive person. If my heart feels I should do something, I go for it.

Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I’ve been playing with snakes since before I could walk. It doesn’t matter where or what it is, from the biggest to the most venomous.

I’m a very instinctive person. If my heart feels I should do something, I go for it.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

Some guys, when they play with other elite players, they end up being too unselfish; or guys who are used to having the ball in their hands all the time, now they’re not as aggressive or as instinctive because they’re thinking too much out there.

There are some roles that are a no-brainer. You just have a sure, instinctive ‘Yes!’

I wish I could describe anything I do as conscious or strategized. To be honest, in acting, you have so little control. The only control you have is if you’re lucky enough to be in a position, which is not very often, in which you have choice. It’s about what choices you make, and for me, it’s entirely instinctive.

Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.

I reached a place where I wanted to make more music, but I didn’t know what I wanted. So I stopped labeling music by genre and just got into a studio to be creative. Now I write whatever feels instinctive.

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.

I found that Scottishness and Englishness are actually strong, instinctive things, whatever the historical reasons. Even the accent changes – just two inches across the border.

As an idea occurs to me, I’ll either follow it or not, but I’m more instinctive than master-planner about stuff.

My queer black women peers are the ones who make me not feel crazy. The way we act is so instinctive.

Usually I’m a very instinctive fighter.

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.

I have the kind of personality that I always look ahead than look at what’s happened. It does help a lot, especially when you’ve done badly or you’ve failed. It’s instinctive of me that I look at what’s next, I look ahead a lot, and start preparing for that, in victory and in defeat.

Being extremely honest is quite funny. But there’s no recipe or concept that I can bring up that fully defines what we find humorous. It’s instinctive.

I listen to music two ways: As a person, you have an instinctive, personal, emotional response. But as a music supervisor, you have a secondary response, which is, ‘Will this sit well under dialogue?’ ‘Can people die to this?’ ‘Can people kiss to this?’

It takes a perverse determination to drain that instinctive curiosity away and make history seem just remote, dead and disconnected from our contemporary reality. Conversely, it just takes skilful storytelling to recharge that connection to make the past come alive in our present.

For me, casting is very instinctive, and if I don’t feel good about it, I just can’t go ahead and make the film.

For me, my music is part of me, and which is why it seems second nature, and my compositions are instinctive.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

I have a gut instinctive feeling that I will be as massive as Madonna, as massive as Michael Jackson… Whitney Houston, sure.

Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.

I don’t compose, actually. I just record. I’m the opposite of a composer in my way of working. I’m more instinctive.

I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.

When I am making a film, it’s very instinctive, it’s not preset.

Being extremely honest is quite funny. But there’s no recipe or concept that I can bring up that fully defines what we find humorous. It’s instinctive.

Put yourself into every situation in training and against every style of bowling, and do that for hours and hours and hours. Then when you get to a match, it’s almost instinctive the way you play because you’ve done it so often in training.

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.

I am very instinctive when it comes to a script.

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.

My career is not well thought out. Every choice has been instinctive and, quite literally, impulsive in many ways.

Islamophobia, in all its guises, seeks to minimise the importance of the individual and maximise the importance of the group. Yet our instinctive stance ought to be one of suspicion towards such endeavours. For individuals are undeniably real. Groups, on the other hand, are assertions of opinion.

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.

When my heart rate is so high, I seem to be able to play even better, without making bad decisions. It almost switches the mind off, so that I can play more instinctive tennis.

Performing has always been instinctive to me. I remember people saying, ‘he doesn’t know if he’s a chef or an entertainer.’ But what’s wrong with being both? It’s like saying you can’t run the 100 and the 200 metres.

People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied. Now… I love it.

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.

Pilot season’s such a strange time. You get such a concentrated amount of scripts. A lot of them become white noise after a while. When something really pops, it becomes apparent very quickly. I’m quite instinctive about that. I know, normally by about 10 pages in, whether I want to do something or not.

Rachel Weisz is amazing, instinctive, volcanic – an amazing force of nature.

Performing has always been instinctive to me. I remember people saying, ‘he doesn’t know if he’s a chef or an entertainer.’ But what’s wrong with being both? It’s like saying you can’t run the 100 and the 200 metres.

The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny – and hope everyone else agrees.

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.

I was so passionate about wanting the role in ‘Like Crazy,’ I filmed myself in the shower because that’s where one of the scenes was set. It just felt instinctive. It was a close up! It would have been strange if I’d sent off a wide shot of myself. That’s not the kind of work I want to do!

I’m not an instinctive actor.

For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.

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.

Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.

I think I’m probably just an old-fashioned Tory. I don’t wake up each morning trying to figure out what kind of Conservative I am; for me it’s quite instinctive.

Indecision may come from an instinctive hunch that there’s more you need to know – which means it’s time to learn everything you can about the pros and cons of each option. You can continue on this track, however, only as long as you’re unearthing genuinely new information.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

Sancho is a player who has everything. He has fantastic speed, great technique, a good eye for his colleagues, and that key pass. Everything he does, he pulls off at high speed at the right moment. For me, he is a perfect player. The ability he has is instinctive, natural. You cannot teach that brilliance.

As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.

Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and vice versa, but I think there is an inherent popular aversion to assaults on the court itself. Perhaps it has to do with an instinctive belief that life needs umpires.

Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.

I found that Scottishness and Englishness are actually strong, instinctive things, whatever the historical reasons. Even the accent changes – just two inches across the border.

I don’t really have a specific formula I follow to find the right script or role. It’s always just very instinctive.

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.

As a player, you can be more spontaneous and instinctive, but now as a coach I have to find a psychological balance within the team.

Singing duets is instinctive, intuitive.

An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.

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.

You’ve got to go with what feels instinctive and true to your heart, and filter out all of the other stuff.

I like to think I’ll be quite instinctive as a leader.

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.

As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.

When you score a goal by dribbling you don’t remember it because it is instinctive.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

I want to try and be instinctive as a writer and director.

It takes a perverse determination to drain that instinctive curiosity away and make history seem just remote, dead and disconnected from our contemporary reality. Conversely, it just takes skilful storytelling to recharge that connection to make the past come alive in our present.

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.

It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It’s an instinctive process.

People in business tend to have an instinctive reaction to people.

I’d thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it’s profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place.

Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.

I really like to experiment. That’s the only way I can work. It’s instinctive.

I don’t compose, actually. I just record. I’m the opposite of a composer in my way of working. I’m more instinctive.

In our house caring about food is pretty instinctive.

I think I’m probably just an old-fashioned Tory. I don’t wake up each morning trying to figure out what kind of Conservative I am; for me it’s quite instinctive.

You hide your instinctive self and instead create a social self with lies. That’s how people are able to get along with each other. What’s scary is when you strip all the lies away to get at the essential you. What if it’s pure evil? You don’t want to face that. So lies aren’t all bad – we need them to live.

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place.

When your life is being threatened there’s an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.

I think, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won’t destroy you.

Some directors are open to ideas, and some are rigid. And, some actors are into method acting, and some, instinctive.

We will get back to the earlier, instinctive and less inhibited nature of theatre. Today, spectators are passive, but Elizabethan, Greek and Roma; theatre was interactive.

Knowledge doesn’t really form part of human nature. Conflict, combat, the outcome of the combat, and, consequently, risk and chance are what gives rise to knowledge. Knowledge is not instinctive; it is counter instinctive, just as it is not natural but counter natural.

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.