18 Urges Quotes for You to Enjoy

The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by primal urges like greed and power. Michael Leunig

Hypocrisy Power Greed Think Ourselves Evolved Some Driven Primal Like Sophisticated Also Still Urges

When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively. W. Clement Stone

You Strong Wrong Thing Controlling Tempt Habit Developed Wrong Know Knowing Because How Effectively Established Them Urges Thing Eliminate Inner

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Man Action Risk He Himself Which Urges Who Wary

Between the uprightness of my conscience and the hardness of my lot, I know not how either to show respect to my feelings or to the times. The bitterness of my mind urges me at all hazards to speak what I think, whereas the necessity of the times prompts me, however unbecomingly, to keep silence. Good God! Which way shall I turn myself? Thomas Becket

God Myself Good Me Silence Respect Speak Mind Bitterness Feelings Think Way Shall Hazards Between Know How However Lot Times Whereas Either Which Turn Urges Show Keep Conscience Hardness Necessity

Humanity could only have survived and flourished if it held social and personal values that transcended the urges of the individual, embodying selfish desires - and these stem from the sense of a transcendent good. Arthur Peacocke

Good Selfish Humanity Values Sense Only Could Individual Stem Survived Personal Transcendent Social Urges Held Desires

Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children, I see responsibilities, which I don't think I'm quite ready for. I feel the same about puppies. They're cute for a second, but there's a lot of responsibility involved. Gabrielle Union

Auschwitz speaks against even a right to self-determination that is enjoyed by all other peoples because one of the preconditions for the horror, besides other, older urges, was a strong and united Germany. Gunter Grass

People Strong Older Other Besides Horror Self-Determination Because Auschwitz Germany Against Urges Speaks Even United Right Enjoyed

For me, 'Evil Urges' was like a video game. If you play 'Super Mario Brothers,' there's a level where it's like a snowscape, and then there's a level where it's a desert and a level that's like a jungle. Jim James

Me You Game Evil Mario Super Brothers Like Jungle Where Video Urges Video Game Then Desert Play Level

I never had a desire to hurt anybody. I have at certain times had violent urges, but I don't think I ever have hurt anybody. Tried to a couple times, but I don't think I have. Yeah, guess I have. In high school. I was dirty then. Kick 'em. I might not've hurt 'em, though, they might've just been afraid of me. Joe Greene

Me Hurt School Think Guess Kick Though High Tried High School Dirty Never Had Couple Couple Times Yeah Been Times Just Afraid Anybody Might Urges Then Certain Ever Desire Violent

It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child - and if you don't follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience. Marina Abramovic

You Experience Dangerous Sometimes Important Young Out Follow Follow Through Something Through Push Had Miss Developmental Boundaries Like Because Very Child Artists Impulsive Urge Might Urges

I always have strong urges to sabotage myself. Whenever someone says they like something about my music, I tend to not want to do that anymore. It's not even that I don't like it anymore: it's that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me. Mitski

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important. Pamela Stephenson

Life Me Listening My Life Feelings Important Overwhelming Incredibly Some Along Come Were Loved Urges Choices Fulfilling Inner Inner Feelings

'Evil Urges' has some stuff in it that's unbelievable. Todd Haynes

Evil Some Unbelievable Stuff Urges

The glib, facile, simplistic, and prefabricated language by which we as consumers are constantly surrounded is a language that flatters us, that urges us to indulge ourselves, to get away from it all, to be unique by opting in, talking back, liking us on Facebook, leaving a review, sharing, retweeting, etc. Tracy K. Smith

Facebook Language Back Ourselves Constantly Facile Consumers Simplistic Sharing Indulge Liking Talking Leaving Review Surrounded Get Which Etc Flatters Urges Us Unique Away

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