When Orson Welles was acting in 'Compulsion,' the director Richard Fleischer let him just take over and direct the courtroom scenes. To… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
Compulsion in the literal Sense is maliciously misrepresented, by supposing it authorizes Violences committed against the Truth. The Answer to this; by… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
Those who have racked their brains to discover new proofs have perhaps been induced to do so by a compulsion they could… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong to be possessive but it is not good to have obsession for something.Obsession is repetitive thoughts which resembles… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
All my writings may be considered tasks imposed from within, their source was a fateful compulsion. What I wrote were things that… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
There is no evidence that we've been placed on this planet to be especially happy or especially normal. And in fact our… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
A newspaper can follow the compulsions, the desires of the readers. Take the English evening newspapers - they are following the readers'… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I write to please myself—of course, that is a given. But beyond this reach for pleasure, I know that I write for… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Anarchism aims to strip labor of its deadening, dulling aspect, of its gloom and compulsion. It aims to make work an instrument… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
We all have a friend or family member who can't bear the sight of a mess. Use her obsessive compulsion to your… — Clinton Kelly Copy Share Image
He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force;… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“I have to remind myself to breathe— almost to remind my heart to beat! And it is like bending back a stiff… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
The human mind appears suddenly and inexplicably out of some unknown and unimaginable void. It passes half its known life in the… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
Our principle is: to prevent all command over man by his fellowmen, to, make state, government, laws, or whatsoever form of compulsion… — Johann Most Copy Share Image
“The instinct that drives compulsion is universal. It is an attempt to solve the problem of disconnection, alienation, tepid despair... the problem… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“The human compulsion to group people and objects together was ingrained in our being since we evolved. We need to group things,… — Charlie Caruso Copy Share Image
“It was an obsession, it was a compulsion. "The way to banish temptation is to give into it," the saying went. Maybe… — Nikki Sex Copy Share Image
The freedom of individuals from compulsion or coercion never was, and is not now, the normal state of human affairs. The normal… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Cheerfulness consists in not regarding things as our own, but as entrusted to us by God for the benefit of our fellow-servants.… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or controls;… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Welcome to Book-a-holic Anonymous. Hi, I'm Jazz and I am addicted to the written word. I love the smell of the blackest… — Jazz Feylynn Copy Share Image
“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be… — Plato Copy Share Image
The search for some ultimate significance in the universe, and in our little transient role in it, the compulsion to learn, to… — Dale Rex Coman Copy Share Image
Contact would hurt, might be fatal, and yet she couldn’t stop herself. Obsession or compulsion, she didn’t know, but she did know… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
The multiplication of individual sects should not fool us: the important point is that the whole of America is preoccupied with the… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a critic or teacher either, but simply - and at the obvious risk of disingenuousness -… — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“Whatever one does in this world, he does it out of compulsion; so it is indeed our lack of understanding when we… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Each story presents a mystery that has to be solved in the process of writing. When I'm at work on a story,… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
“The nature of psychological compulsion is such that those who act under constraint remain under the impression that they are acting on… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Some people with Tourette's have flinging tics- sudden, seemingly motiveless urges or compulsions to throw objects… (I see somewhat similar flinging behaviors-… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Creativity is the vulnerability to spiritual and physical sensation, and to experience, combined with and acting upon a certain level of skill,… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
Science is unflinchingly deterministic, and it has begun to force its determinism into morals. On some shining tomorrow a psychoanalyst may be… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Only he who can view his own past as an abortion sprung from compulsion and need can use it to full advantage… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
“A curse of being a writer is the compulsion to edit. Take the sign on my walking trail, for example. It reads,… — Ron Brackin Copy Share Image
Love is found when you don't have to give it. It is the emotion of generosity and kindness that is compelled by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned. I abhor the waste and incompetence of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
In late marriage alone lies the compulsion to retain an institution which, twist and turn as you like, is and remains a… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
When I was very small, I had that first-time-you-see-a-play experience, which immediately made me want to act, because it seemed like this… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
