Logo
A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us. - Ralph W

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Instinct
category

Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Category:
Instinct

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious. – George Bernard Shaw

Category:
Instinct

There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. – Joseph Addison

Category:
Instinct

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is. – Van Hartmann

Category:
Instinct

Random Quotes

I will lift up mine eyes unto the pills. Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-coloured, king-sized three deckers, which put you to sleep, wake you up, stimulate and soothe you all in one. It is an age of pills. – Malcolm Muggeridge

Category:
Drugs

The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit. – Imelda Marcos

Category:
Beauty

At 35, Im definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. Theres nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. Having fun is fantastic and I never want to lose a sense of that – and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work or else its going to feel stiff. – Drew Barrymore

Category:
work

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often. – Paracelsus

Category:
Music