I was asked by the National Institute of Health to be their scientific discussant on the effects of these drug [Ritalin] at… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
I am an obsessive rewriter, doing one draft and then another and another, usually five. In a way, I have nothing to… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
My mum was critical in getting me to recognise very early on that although what I was doing was pretty serious, quite… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I'd say I'm a pretty intense person. I'm definitely not my Denise character on 'Scrubs,' nor my Jane character on 'Happy Endings,'… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
Once I get on something, once I have something that I'm working on, then I become very obsessive. In a good way.… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Personally I'm obsessive-compulsive about the placement and cleanliness of my things. — Chace Crawford Copy Share Image
Now, I'm as appreciative as the next obsessive-compulsive recovering-academic of the vast riches of material becoming available online, thanks to all those… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
I think Paris Hilton is really our generation's Marilyn Monroe. She's the image of the youth today. There's a real fascination with… — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
A different world can be created or re-created-but not until we stop enshrining the economic values of invisible labor, infinite and obsessive… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly… — Moby Copy Share Image
Children became an obsessive theme in Victorian culture at the same time that they were being exploited as never before. As the… — C. Sommerville Copy Share Image
The very things I used to be told off for - daydreaming, exaggerating, making mistakes, wild guessing, contradicting, spying, being obsessive, being… — Selima Hill Copy Share Image
You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels… — Arne Jacobsen Copy Share Image
The pro-psychedelic plant position is clearly an antidrugs position. Drug dependencies are the result of habitual, unexamined, and obsessive behavior; these are… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
How do you remember everything from different books when you are still writing the HP series? As obsessive fans will tell you,… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
You don’t choose who you fall in love with, do you? And once you do fall in love—that obsessive sort of love,… — Jordan Belfort Copy Share Image
The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
“Imagine a young Isaac Newton time-travelling from 1670s England to teach Harvard undergrads in 2017. After the time-jump, Newton still has an… — Geoffrey Miller Copy Share Image
I modelled in my 20s, and it was an obsessive time. I was under pressure to look a certain way. — Penny Lancaster Copy Share Image
You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
As damaging as the obsessive emphasis on testing often proves to be for kids in general, I believe that the effects are… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Van Gogh is the best example of how a person can be on the right track, propelled by gut feeling and some… — Jim Rowe Copy Share Image
