Obsessive Quotes

188 quotes by 175 authors

Before he came to Spain, photographers lined up in the discotheques, but they are still there waiting for him. Ronaldo is an obsessive of training,… — Jorge Valdano
Some young ladies are so starved for male approval that what should be a normal attraction to men is accelerated into an obsessive need for… — T.D. Jakes
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free… — David Guterson
Boulez's only concern is with power. He lost the leadership of the avant-guard more than ten years ago to Stockhausen. Now others have moved in.… — Lukas Foss
Fiction ought to announce the problems, dramatize the problems, display them. Yet offer no set answer. An answer would solve the mystery. Writing fiction, for… — Antonya Nelson
If the book is finishedâ€”published and on the shelfâ€”I do not think of revising it. But if I'm not finished psychologically with characters, they will… — Antonya Nelson
As damaging as the obsessive emphasis on testing often proves to be for kids in general, I believe that the effects are still more harmful… — Jonathan Kozol
Singers attract fans with aspects of their own personality. People feel I'm passionate and obsessive. They know this isn't a profession for me, it's a… — Steven Morrissey
Why has slamming a ball with a racquet become so obsessive a pleasure for so many of us? It seems clear to me that a… — Nat Hentoff
My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to… — Jonny Wilkinson
When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy ... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds. — Jonny Wilkinson
The moment we let go of our obsessive concern for our own welfare, our mind naturally relaxes and becomes lighter. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Jude [Law] is really good at playing an obsessive. He has a very watchable quality when he's on a quest for something. — Steven Soderbergh
I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning. — Karl Lagerfeld
I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now and… — Ursula K. Le Guin
A different world can be created or re-created-but not until we stop enshrining the economic values of invisible labor, infinite and obsessive growth, and a… — Gloria Steinem
The pro-psychedelic plant position is clearly an antidrugs position. Drug dependencies are the result of habitual, unexamined, and obsessive behavior; these are precisely the tendencies… — Terence McKenna
Deep down we all suspect that something is very wrong with the way we perceive life but we try very, very hard not to notice… — Adyashanti
Collectors become obsessive and then addicted. You become addicted to art and you can't live without it. — Eli Broad
You have to be able to observe life as if you were a camera all the time, constantly looking at light and the way that… — Ryan McGinley

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