Obsessive Quotes

188 quotes by 175 authors

Clearly, many branches of science need an exquisite precision of timekeeping and the infinitesimal decimals of calibration, so space launches, for example, are not scheduled… — Jay Griffiths
I am not obsessive about anything except my health. — Linda Gray
I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it. — Hanif Kureishi
Certainly, for time out of mind, an obsessive dwelling on happier former days has been synonymous with getting older, while it was the juvenescent who… — Will Self
Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times.… — Victor Salva
The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or… — Abraham Maslow
Part of me wishes some of the more obsessive fans would spend a fraction of the time they spend studying the band. — Dave Matthews
Politics is a life sentence. It's an obsessive, all-demanding, utterly fascinating, totally committing profession - stimulating, satisfying, stretching. — Michael Heseltine
These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to… — Jacques Derrida
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
The very things I used to be told off for - daydreaming, exaggerating, making mistakes, wild guessing, contradicting, spying, being obsessive, being reckless - for… — Selima Hill
Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my obsessive love for… — Charles de Lint
I become kind of obsessive about research. — James Franco
Oh my gosh, I feel like I'm really obsessive about anything dealing with my health. — Ginnifer Goodwin
My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father's. My father would tell a… — Stephen Greenblatt
Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times,… — Simon Cowell
I'm obsessive enough about getting fit, it's ridiculous. I'm 40 now, and I've got to stop doing it soon. I have to start getting fat… — Daniel Craig
The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off… — Penelope Cruz
'Sherlock' fans are, by and large, an intelligent breed, so they've gone through my back catalogue and got what I've done, why and how I've… — Benedict Cumberbatch
Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary. — Mos Def

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