Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.
What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate?
I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.
There is no morality by instinct. There is no social salvation in the end without taking thought; without mastery of logic and application of logic to human experience.
The left-leaning thinking that dominates the movie business follows a common liberal instinct to deny the spiritual dimension to every problem, thereby profoundly compounding the difficulties.
The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.
It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them.
Gardeners instinctively know that flowers and plants are a continuum and that the wheel of garden history will always be coming full circle.
The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.
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.
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.
I don't have this weird, natural funny bone that constantly comes out. It's not like my every instinct is to be funny, and I'm always having to dampen that down.
That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.
I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
In life, when stuff happens the instinct is to close off your heart. By leaving your heart open, it leaves room for someone else to come in.
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.
There's a long tradition in Western thought that humans are not shackled by biology, whereas animals are pure instinct machines.
It's interesting, I had absolutely no maternal instinct. I'm much more interested in young people now.
