Compulsive Quotes

112 quotes by 101 authors

The achievement of great things though comes from the ability to manage yourselfvery, very, very well. Or at least well enough where you almost become… — Kai Greene
I think in Mrs. C, I certainly played myself. A very compulsive, sweet person. — Marion Ross
You will stop turning to food when you start understanding in your body, not just your mind, that there is something better...Truth, not force, does… — Geneen Roth
Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to whom, when, and… — Melody Beattie
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it — Joan Didion
My roommate and my boyfriend, they both know I am compulsive and controlling. — Christina Ricci
It could be ventured to understand obsessive compulsive neurosis as the pathological counterpart of religious development, to define neurosis as an individual religiosity; to define… — Sigmund Freud
When my wife's Aunt Caroline was in her nineties, she lived with us, and she once remarked: 'Remembrance is sufficient of the beauty we have… — Elwyn Brooks White
He seems to me to be headed for his ideal fate, which is compulsive psychosis dashed with a jigger of psychopathic irresponsibility and violence — Jack Kerouac
Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me. — Mario Cantone
I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it. — Stephen Sondheim
I've got a lot of little compulsive problems, and I've thought about it a lot. And one of the things I ask myself is, 'What… — Marianne Faithfull
I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same… — Charlie Kaufman
The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen.… — Albert Ellis
Like most people who smoked umpteen cigarettes a day, I tasted only the first one. The succeeding umpteen minus one were a compulsive ritual which… — Clive James
I had a Tourette's period. And obsessive compulsive disorder. Things would get in my brain that I couldn't get out of my brain. — Richard Ford
I fill my life with a lot of 'busyness' in between jobs. Then I work very hard. Some of it is quite unhealthy. It's compulsive.… — Hume Cronyn
I am, I must confess, suspicious of those who denounce others for having too much sex. At what point does a healthy amount become too… — Edmund White
Personally I'm obsessive-compulsive about the placement and cleanliness of my things. — Chace Crawford
I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me. — Alan Cumming

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