Reformers who are obsessed with purity and cannot see that their obsession is impure. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
It is worth asking who decides what's an "obsession" and where it differs from meditation or the kind of deep dwelling on… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
“Two words from him, and I had seen my pouting apathy change into I’ll play anything for you till you ask me… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
Drugs became an obsession, like Culture Club had been, like religion later became although I'm through with that now. — Boy George Copy Share Image
A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Before I go up against the best forwards in the world - Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar - I study their strengths… — Dani Alves Copy Share Image
I really wasn't into sports at an early age. I couldn't wait to get home from school and go straight to my… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
“To have the beginning of a truly great story, you need to have a character you're completely and utterly obsessed with. Without… — Jennifer Salaiz Copy Share Image
The marvellous thing about Proust - although it must have been a nightmare living in his head - is he forgot nothing.… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Just as ecstasy purifies you of the particular and the contingent, leaving nothing except light and darkness, so insomnia kills off the… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Our obsession with security is a measure of the power we have granted the future to hold over us. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“When you dare to obsess over the impossible, you ignite the power to remake possibility itself.” — F.C. Quiles Copy Share Image
I'd like to see a day when we're less obsessed with stars and give due credit to everyone who is involved in… — Sayani Gupta Copy Share Image
“But does it make any sense at all to know that it ends badly for all of us, even the happiest of… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts. — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
“There's a theme that appears in much of your work," I say to Maurice on my last visit to Connecticut, "and I… — Jonathan Cott Copy Share Image
I find it unnecessary, useless and frankly a bit unnecessary to get into all sorts of debates over President Obama's religion or… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether that’s old people’s hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because that’s what… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
The Champions League mustn't be experienced like an obsession because, when you have an obsession, you never win! — Massimiliano Allegri Copy Share Image
High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the… — Brooks Robinson Copy Share Image
Photography has freed the plastic arts from their obsession with likeness. — Andre Bazin Copy Share Image
I have, at times, been absorbed in my work to the point of complete self-oblivion. Once I worked for thirty-six hours without… — Alton Tobey Copy Share Image
