Instincts

Famous quotes containing the word instincts:

    “Bourgeois existence is the regime of private affairs ... and the family is the rotten, dismal edifice in whose closets and crannies the most ignominious instincts are deposited. Mundane life proclaims the total subjugation of eroticism to privacy.”
    —Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)

    “The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.”
    —John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)

    “You may, or may not, have better child care instincts than your husband; but his can certainly be developed. If you don’t respect the natural parenting talents that each of you has, you may inadvertently cast the two of you into the skewed but complementary roles of the Expert and the Dumb Apprentice.”
    —Jean Marzollo (20th century)