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Elite athletes almost seem to know by instinct what to do in their chosen sportDo geese know the way to go when they fly south by
instinct, or do they sometimes get lost?
Some dogs have a natural
instinct to help someone who is hunting.
Elite athletes almost seem to know by
instinct what to do in their chosen sport.
Many animals seem to have an
instinct that tells them when an earthquake is going to occur.
My first
instinct when asked if I thought he was capable of murder was to say no, but after thinking about it for a while, I'm no longer sure.
Joan has a natural
instinct for what will sell when we receive a new clothing line.
Soldiers must overcome their
instinct to flee when danger approaches.
She
instinctively knew something was wrong when her son arrived home from school.
Chickens will
instinctively peck a weak bird to death.
It is an
instinctive reaction to caress a baby when it is crying.
The detective followed his
instincts, and soon found the killer.
Males have a natural
instinct to seek out females in order to reproduce, unless of course, they are homosexuals.
Humans are generally free of
instincts and must rely on symbols to adapt and survive.
The
instinct to survive is so strong that people will do almost anything necessary to keep living.
Some people believe that the close relationship between a parent and child is
instinctual, and that society is to blame if the relationship is not good.
Freud maintained that our behavior is governed by
instinctual drives, such as the sexual drive.
Studies show that chimpanzees will
instinctively eat plants they usually avoid when these plants are necessary for treating an illness.
I read somewhere that camels
instinctively know the limit of their endurance, and will refuse to move beyond it.
George Santayana observed that the diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the
instincts which preserve him.
Balzac wrote that Love has its own
instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.
Stanley Baldwin once stated, I would rather trust a woman's
instinct than a man's reason.
Will Cuppy once remarked that if an animal does something, we call it
instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
Cicero suggested that the wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity, and the brute by
instinct.
An Irish proverb holds that
instinct is stronger than upbringing.
Discussion question: Do you believe that women instinctively make better parents than men?
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