Jeff Greenfield

This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature, the beauty of art, the balm of love and the sheer joy of existence, always with the knowledge that illness, injury, natural disaster, or pure evil can end it in an instant for ourselves or someone we love.

American Journalist

W. H. Auden

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.

English Poet

Chuck Palahniuk

Verbs allow you to communicate a story in a much more converged or involuntary way for a reader. The verbs allow you to come in under the radar, below people's defenses.

American Novelist

Kim Fields

I recognize the unknowing, involuntary effect that 'Facts of Life' had and continues to have on several generations of people.

American Actress

Blaise Pascal

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

French Philosopher

Mary Oliver

I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.

American Poet

Kate Millett

The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself.

American Activist

Sarah Bernhardt

The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.

French Actress

Mark Twain

American Writer

Edward Young

Refers to actions that occur automatically, without any conscious decision or control.

Unintended Actions

Often related to bodily functions that don't require active thinking, like blinking or breathing.

Physical Reactions

Can describe emotions or expressions that you can't hide because they happen naturally.

Emotional Responses

Used to indicate actions without deliberate intent, especially important in legal discussions.

Legal Context

Even without intent, 'involuntary' actions can lead to serious outcomes, especially legally.

Serious Consequences

Highlights automatic body functions or reactions in a medical context, often tested by doctors.

Medical Reflexes

Implies actions that are not directed by conscious thought, which are often subjects of medical interest.

Beyond Conscious Control

 Now, something I've got very interested in is different kinds of laughter, and we have some neurobiological evidence about how human beings vocalize that suggests there might be two kinds of laughs that we have. So it seems possible that the neurobiology for helpless, involuntary laughter,

Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...

 Because those kinds of thinking do not elicit emotional distress and, more importantly, they're in our control. We can decide whether to respond to an email or leave it till morning, or whether we want to brainstorm about work projects that excite us. But ruminations are involuntary.

How to turn off work...

 - There is one place where it's rewarded, the poker table. A poker player can win if they have the best hand, or if they convince the other players that they do. But even when someone is bluffing, their body language may give them away. The smallest involuntary movements in our face

Ted Danson Tries to Read...

 Recognizing this ancient, involuntary form of self-defense has significant implications when trying to understand why some victims don’t flee or fight in the face of danger. So, studying TI in non-human animals not only helps us better understand some odd behaviors,

The surprising reasons...

 enslaving people who are black and we never address that that legacy we have in the 13th amendment language that prohibits involuntary servitude in forced labor we never talked about the narrative of racial differences because of that I don't believe that slavery

The urgent need for...

 my math that I'd never heard before half grown half scream barely human and pure terror then the sound came again forced from somewhere deep inside my belly and scraping my throat raw this incident resulted in my involuntary hospitalization one of the reasons the

A tale of mental illness...

 because that's what your brain is craving. One of the things that the brain does is indulge in micro-sleeps, this involuntary falling asleep, and you have essentially no control over it. Now, micro-sleeps can be sort of somewhat embarrassing,

Why do we sleep? PIPE...

 Tourette's is a neurological disorder characterized by stereotyped movements I perform against my will, called tics. Now, tics are technically involuntary, in the sense that they occur without any conscious attention or intention on my part.

How isolation fuels...

 half groan, half scream, barely human and pure terror. Then the sound came again, forced from somewhere deep inside my belly and scraping my throat raw." This incident resulted in my involuntary hospitalization.

 A collective involuntary lifequake is a natural disaster or a recession. What's unique about this moment in time? The entire planet for the first time in a century

Involuntary