Obsessive Quotes

188 Obsessive quotes by 175 unique authors

The campaign of character assassination waged [against President Clinton] by the right was a singular, unprecedented effort. Nothing like it exists on the left. What… — David Brock
Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern, — Maurice Sendak
These people are obsessive. They go overboard interpreting verbal and behavioral cues that take them way beyond reality. — Cary Cooper
We're not going to waste our valuable space or your precious energy by giving equal time to stories of tragedy, failure, and tumult. They get… — Rob Brezsny
In our obsessive wish to arrive, we often forget the most important thing, which is the journey. — Paulo Coelho
You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of meaning that is… — William Zinsser
Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange. — Tracy Kidder
These are the folk who may pass into the kingdom of heaven: the grief-stricken, lovers, scholars of a certain obsessive disposition. Brute beasts. Women who… — Catherynne M. Valente
Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. Â It has nothing to do with fixing things. Â It has nothing to do with… — Julia Cameron
Genuine mental health would involve a balanced interplay of both modes of experience, a way of life in which one's identification with the ego is… — Fritjof Capra
I am an obsessive rewriter, doing one draft and then another and another, usually five. In a way, I have nothing to say, but a… — Gore Vidal
The love song must be born into the realm of the irrational, absurd, the distracted, the melancholic, the obsessive, the insane for the love song… — Nick Cave
If I had to do a record review, I'd say it's got a cannibal, consumption, obsessive, violent-sex, romance angle, but with an upbeat swing to… — Marilyn Manson
A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization the state of affairs, arising out of a struggle against poverty, has overshot its ultimate goal-the liberation… — Ivan Chtcheglov
If you have a good ear for dialogue, you just can't help thinking about the way people talk. You're drawn to it. And the obsessive… — Robert Towne
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 finished—published and on the shelf—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

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