When you’re joyful, you have absolutely no compulsions of…

For many people it's Facebook, or sports on TV, whatever it is. I have my own demons that I battle. But whatever they are,…

— Jess Walter

Before being a person, man is an animal, with all its reptilian compulsions. And if at some point you block the conscious part of…

— Gaspar Noe

Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious... they are the dictator inside ourselves.

— Denis Villeneuve

We all remain who we are. But on the way to healing or liberation we have to do what the Romans called agere contra:…

— Richard Rohr

“I’m typing away, wondering why I had that Pepsi Throwback at such a late hour. Caffeine is a compulsion. Art is an obsession. Writing…

— Chila Woychik

When I was a kid, I was very much a perfectionist, and I had a bunch of different compulsions.

— Justin Prentice

“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to: it's too…

— David L. Calof

As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings and fits of emotion begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are…

— Eknath Easwaran

I've had a lot of compulsions throughout my life which mainly started as a teen around the time I was doing exams.

— Jon Richardson

“And there’s your pecking order of unhappiness, right there in a nutshell. Of all the overwhelming compulsions you can be ruined by, all of…

— Caitlin Moran

In India, time is of a completely different nature. People there think 'So what?' about our compulsions. A cup of tea is only a…

— Geraldine James

“Serial killers are usually—virtually always, in fact—slaves to their own compulsions. They kill because they have to, and they can't stop themselves. I don't…

— Dan Wells

I think that I am a compulsive person, but now I'm learning to put those compulsions into healthy things.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

“Peeves are like that: my peeves are law, yours are unhealthy obsessions.”

— Robert Lane Greene

OCD is an anxiety disorder, one that brings conscious intrusive thoughts and compulsions - 'Touch the bannister. Pick up that rock. You'd better do…

— Tim Howard