Sentence examples for immediate impulse from inspiring English sources

The paid series began in April 1858, the immediate impulse being to find some energetic distraction from his marital unhappiness.

But instead of following my immediate impulse, I answered, "Yes, but we must first ask the kids".

His immediate impulse was to pull out his phone and record a video of their booming flight.

Because everything there was so antithetical to the system to which so many theoretical hostages had been given, the immediate impulse was to belittle Soviet accomplishments.

Our immediate impulse when threatened is to wall ourselves off and to regulate the release of information of potential use to our enemies.

The immediate impulse for the split was a March post-election speech delivered by its leader, Geert Wilders, in which he called for "fewer Moroccans" in the Netherlands.

By doing so, the study subjects demonstrated their ability to inhibit their immediate impulses in favor of a greater future reward, indicating that parrots are capable of deliberately deciding to maximise their future payoff.

"Our findings parallel previous results in primates: the cockatoos could overcome immediate impulses in favor of future gains, even if this [required] tool use", said cognitive scientist Alice Auersperg, who heads the University of Vienna's Goffin's Cockatoo Lab.

I don't save because money is the sovereign domain of my quickest, most immediate impulses.

It is also necessary that our affinities extend beyond those immediate impulses.

Politicians suffer from what the behavioral economists call "ego depletion" or being too busy responding to immediate impulses and stresses to make the right long-term decisions.