Instinct

Instinct

Instinct or innate behavior is the inherent inclination of a living organism toward a particular behavior.

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Famous quotes containing the word instinct:

    “To grant woman an equality with man in the affairs of life is contrary to every tradition, every precedent, every inheritance, every instinct and every teaching. The acceptance of this idea is possible only to those of especially progressive tendencies and a strong sense of justice, and it is yet too soon to expect these from the majority.”
    —Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)

    “He that but fears the thing he would not know
    Hath by instinct knowledge from others’ eyes
    That what he feared is chanced.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don’t start measuring her limbs.”
    —Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)