Instinctive Behavior Quotes

#1. Because we are intelligent creatures-meaning that we are freed from instinctive and patterned behavior to a degree unparalleled in the animal kingdom-we are capable of, and dependent on, using rational choice to decide our futures.

Willard Gaylin

#2. The main motive for "nonattachment" is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work.

George Orwell

#3. The laboring-class boys of grey flannel are instinctive in their behavior because they are, in fact, in possession of nothing at all other than instinct; science and diplomacy are tools unused.

Morrissey

#4. Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.

Jane Goodall

#5. Did I miss the denial, anger, and bargaining phases, or did you leap straight to depression?

Kat Lowe

#6. Operant conditioning is not confined to deliberate training; it is one way that cats learn how to deal with whatever surroundings they find themselves in. Cats have not (yet) evolved to live in apartments; their instinctive behavior is still tuned to hunting in the open air.

John Bradshaw

#7. God wants the church to become the initiator of the reformation and changes in the society

Sunday Adelaja

#8. The negroes are lovers of ludicrous actions, and hence all their ceremonies seem farcical.

Isaac D'Israeli

#9. A sibling is a friend for life, but they are a friend for life that you are forced to have. And like anything that you are forced to do, occasionally people will drive you crazy.

Alex Hirsch

#10. Some people say ... that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. We're not very good at it though, are we?

Jane Goodall

#11. At best an autistic spectrum child may learn what's expected of him, and how to relate to those about him, but it never becomes instinctive. Even a high-functioning adult will sometimes use inappropriate language, conversation or behavior.

Sara Elliott Price

#12. More will mean worse.

Martin Amis

#13. Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness.

Bangambiki Habyarimana

#14. I figure the more people think I'm just mildly weird, the less likely they are to know how weird I really am.

Melanie Hooyenga