Phyllis George Quotes

Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

I'm a mathematician by education, but I have this other thing. A gut instinct.

Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot.

I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.

We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.

Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.

When you're in the middle of an interview, it's so easy to stop listening and think about the next question you're going to ask. You can miss that golden moment which might take you in a different direction or a direction you didn't expect.

Experience must be our only guide. Reason may mislead us.

Intuition is critical in virtually everything you do. But, without relentless preparation and execution, it is meaningless.

The success of everything depends on intuition, the capacity of seeing things in a way which afterwards proves to be true, even though it cannot be established at the moment, and of grasping the essential fact, discarding the unessential, even though one can give no account of the principles by which this is done.

Obey your head. Obey your heart. Obey your gut. In fact, obey everything except commands.

How many situations can be resolved with less thinking?

Of course, analysis can sometimes give more accurate results than intuition but usually it’s just a lot of work. I normally do what my intuition tells me to do. Most of the time spent thinking is just to double-check.

I'm supposed to be a scientific person but I use intuition more than logic in making basic decisions.

Experience taught me to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper.

The reality is that there is an enormous value to gut-check instinctive decision-making in the world that is not hampered by reams and reams of research and complexity.

The will to believe chases out the rational mind, whenever and wherever the two come into conflict.

I make all my decisions on intuition. But then, I must know why I made that decision. I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.

Go with your gut instincts even if it is contrarian to what the "experts" suggest.

If a little voice in your head is telling you something is up, maybe you should listen.

What does your heart tell you?

One of our greatest gifts is out intuition. It is a sixth sense we all have - we just need to learn to tap into and trust it.