Compulsion Quote by Karl Marx

...the realm of freedom does not commence until the point is passed where labor under the compulsion of necessity and of external utility is…

— Karl Marx

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

— Themistocles

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone,…

— Anonymous

It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to…

— Charles Dickens

I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.

— Lynda Barry

You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something…

— Edgar Mitchell

Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.

— Edward P. Jones

I think it's in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we as a species are scratching…

— Ron Howard

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

— Plato

For many people it's Facebook, or sports on TV, whatever it is. I have my own demons that I battle. But whatever they are,…

— Jess Walter

The individual, by means of the discipline imposed on him by sport, not only plays and finds relaxation from the various compulsions to which…

— Jacques Ellul

“I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.”

— Amit Kalantri

Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these…

— William Bernbach