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Joy is the reflex of terror.

Our giving is but a reflex of God's giving.

I just put the reflexes in the proper direction.

Love is a conflict between reflexes and reflections.

We often disguise our reflexes as deliberate actions.

For me chivalry isn't dead; it's an involuntary reflex.

There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes.

Boxing does not favor boxers over 35 who rely on reflexes.

They say with age your reflexes slow down. I've not felt it.

Mind is the antithesis of reflex, and only mind could discover mind

I have bad reflexes. I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys.

I have made a lot of progress, above all in speed, reflexes, and experience.

The reflex of fear was soon replaced with another, more useful emotion. Rage.

Hand-eye coordination and reflexes is something I work on more than anything.

How fast a company can respond in an emergency is a measure of its corporate reflexes.

I'm not a reflex goalie. I try to make as many stops as possible with with my stomach.

Some fighters had blinding speed and reflexes in their heyday but faded badly with age.

It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really.

I think you learn how to fall well when you're figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute.

They say the first thing to go is your legs, then it's your reflexes, then it's your friends.

Fighters like Bernard Hopkins can go on because their style is not based on reflexes and timing.

My eyesight's gone, my reflexes are shot, and I can't stay awake, but thank God I can still drive.

I believe I'm better than everybody when it comes to footwork, timing, reflexes, defense, you name it.

I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles.

Forgetting the importance of national landscapes, cultures, national behaviours, reactions, and reflexes is a big, big mistake.

Here is the basic question: Are we marionettes, or are we creatures of free will who just happen to have a lot of jerky reflexes?

Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.

It hurts to love wide open stretching the muscles... It hurts to thwart the reflexes of grab, of clutch; to love and let go again and again.

Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.

All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don't take any chances. It just isn't worth it.

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.

Ben yanked Hi sideways as spikes snapped from the wall…Once again, only Ben’s reflexes had saved him. “Please stop doing that!” Ben barked. “Please keep doing that!” Hi warbled.

In 'Training Day,' Mr. Washington's dry-ice grandeur - the predator's reflexes contrasting with a pensive mouth - deserves regard, and his powerhouse virtuosity will almost guarantee him an Oscar nomination.

I was black and blue for about two years, but it's paid off tremendously. You know, if you get enough whacks, your reflexes pick up, and I've become quite good - if somebody throws keys or something, I can catch them.

Truth always carries with it confrontation. Truth demands confrontation; loving confrontation nevertheless. If our reflex action is always accommodation regardless of the centrality of the truth involved, there is something wrong.

When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.

Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.

I was doing all these hand exercises, trying to move things like other kids, catch things like other kids, and change my reflexes, and I guess I just didn't stop. That's why if somebody says to me, 'Can I learn this?' I will say, 'Probably, if you can get the psychology right.'

My story reflexes come less from fantasy or horror than from the darker sort of psychological thriller - not as plot-driven as most, rather more mood-driven. My interest in the supernatural is a complication - though I am less interested in ghosts than in people who see ghosts.

Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because it's shameful, or, in some circumstances, dangerous. The fear response is automatic, though, and your body runs through its reflexes whether you want it to or not.

A good jockey has to be physically well balanced. They have to possess a strong upper body and a strong lower body. You've gotta have quick reflexes, and you've got to be incredibly coordinated. But it's you're instincts that have to be perfect. You can't be an exceptional rider without instincts.

On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents.

Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers' eyeline so as not to break their concentration.

Theatre has been a sort of hobby. I regret that I am not active, but given my job that is difficult. But those were learning days. The learning curve was the level of confidence, maturity, and reflexes that theatre teaches you is fantastic. You are alone in front of an audience for two hours and that gives you a different kind of confidence.

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