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!

Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet.

Reason is the servant of instinct.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

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

I had this instinct and I just knew it. It was a very strange thing and as soon as I finished recording it, we were all in the studio saying we have something really special here.

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

I gravitated to acting out of a mixture of instinct, naivete and opportunity.

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.

I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things like that.

Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.