Habit Forming Quotes

25 Habit Forming quotes by 20 unique authors

Coffee has ... expand[ed] humanity's working-day from twelve to a potential twenty-four hours. The tempo, the complexity, the tension of modern life, call for something… — Unknown Author
No matter what happens - never give up a hole....In tossing in your cards after a bad beginning you also undermine your whole game, because… — Sam Snead
To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast. — Sam Snead
Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to… — Heinz Hopf
I've decided that art is a habit-forming drug. That's all it is, for the artist, for the collector, for anybody connected with it. — Marcel Duchamp
The process of creation becomes necessary to the painter perhaps more than is the picture. The process in fact is habit-forming — Lucian Freud
In the end, there is no ideal condition for creativity. What works for one person is useless for another. The only criterion is this: Make… — Twyla Tharp
In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the habit-forming luxuries which… — Thomas Merton
Agency, or the power to choose, was ours as spirit children of our Creator before the world was. It is a gift from God, nearly… — Russell M. Nelson
Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to… — Heinz Hopf
I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out to be. The… — Warren Buffett
For the record, pot, like the Reader's Digest , is not necessarily habit-forming, but both can lead to hard-core addiction : heroin, in one case,… — Mordecai Richler
Next to a shot of some good, habit-forming narcotic, there is nothing like travelling alone as a 'builder-upper. — Robert Benchley
Were it not for this [dissatisfaction], the perfect painting might be painted, on the completion of which the painter could retire. It is this great… — Lucian Freud
Bookish people drolly claim to be addicted. I think, in some cases, this is literally true. . . . I suppose this makes me a… — Henrietta Rose-Innes
Losing is like smoking. It's habit forming”; “Fear is the basis of all mankind. In cards, you psyche 'em out, you shark 'em, you put… — Puggy Pearson
I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming. — W.C. Fields
You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give… — Gregory Maguire
Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know, I've been using it for years — Tallulah Bankhead
Part of the problem about authenticity is that virtues aren't the only things that are habit forming: the more someone behaves in a way that… — N. T. Wright
Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing. — Wilt Chamberlain
There is nothing so habit-forming as money. — Don Marquis
For tens of millions of people [television] has become habit-forming, brain-softening, taste-degrading. — Louis Kronenberger
Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years. — Tallulah Bankhead

Who Wrote These Habit Forming Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 25 Habit Forming Quotes as follows: