What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.
Ovid
Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.
Charles Henry Parkhurst
I have that thrill-seeking mentality, so when people want to know why my incarnations keep changing, or why I'll do something different than I... →
Liz Phair
The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.
Virginia Postrel
I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.
Gordon Ramsay
The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
George Santayana
Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.
Patti Smith
Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.
Caecilius Statius
Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself.
Graham Swift
There was always a creative impulse in me but I never felt rooted to anything.
Fred Ward