I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
People are like, 'What is your whole obsession with butterflies?' I'm like, 'I'm not obsessed. I like them. Can't anybody like something?' — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
People don't paint for the hell of it. It's a deeply seated thing - a preoccupation - the whole of one's life. — Roger de Grey Copy Share Image
While obsessive behavior may be an antisocial plague to societies and communities at large, it's total moxie when lone practitioners catch it. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
“My feathered friends were so much to me that I am constantly tempted to make this sketch of my first years a… — William Henry Hudson Copy Share Image
Obsession and repetition in the process of making things is one constant element in my work. — Sandy Skoglund Copy Share Image
Facebook is 1) An obsession. 2) A distraction. 3) A tracking device. 4) Where drama lives. 5) Everybodys diary — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Most of us can manage no more than a narrow little obsession with a particular human who we mistakenly imagine can satisfy… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“Create something beautiful every day. Value each day as special and unique. Your obsession with past failures or future desires robs you… — Sean Starr Copy Share Image
This obsession with leadership... It's not neutral; it's American, this idea of the heroic leader who comes in on a white horse… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
“People who live with OCD drag a metal sea anchor around. Obsession is a break, a source of drag, not a badge… — David Adam Copy Share Image
Our life-style contains more Thanatos than Eros, for egotism, exploitation, deception, obsession and addiction have more place in us than eroticism, joy,… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don't want people to think that 'Let's Move' is about… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When I first went to Paris in 1965, I fell in love with the small, family-owned restaurants that existed everywhere then, as… — Alice Waters 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 became, in other words, more like Holmes than the man himself: brilliant, driven to a point of obsession, careless of myself,… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The thought of her gave me such a continual anguish that I could no more forget her than an aching tooth. It… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
That's definitely true! It was before my father died, so I can't attribute it to an obsession with death. When I was… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
“I needed them, sure, and we can all argue about the moment when the balance tipped and I needed them so much… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“You only have to start saying of something : 'Ah, how beautiful ! We must photograph it !' and you are already… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“Don't bury personal obsessions. Capitalize on them. ''The connection between personal obsession and the work you do is the most important thing.''… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. I was a veracious-to-the-point-of-insane reader. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I did in the bed. I did it on the couch. I did it in the car. Texting is such an obsession. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a poet is like having an invisible partner. It isn't easy. But you can't live without it either. Talent is only… — Selima Hill Copy Share Image
Rather than the obsession with impurity, you'd do better to fear the nostalgia for purity. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion. — Azzedine Alaia Copy Share Image
Sometimes in the history of art it is possible to describe a period or a generation of artists as having been obsessed… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
We are addicted to money and our obsession with it is leading to the destruction of our planet. — Mark Boyle Copy Share Image
“You can judge an idea by your obsession with it. Look at how you spend your time, you will see what is… — Brian Knapp Copy Share Image
Securing and attracting the best talent is an obsession in the tech industry for good reason. It's your main asset; it's your… — Taavet Hinrikus Copy Share Image
Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can’t stop thinking about another human being. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are, — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
“Be a little less obsessed with how I live my life and a little more obsessed with how you live your own.” — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
You can't put passion and obsession into someone's employment contract - either you are or you aren't. — Ronnie Apteker Copy Share Image
Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
