Quotes about Obsession

Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming back and back and back to the same question and never get an answer. Votes: 5

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men. Votes: 4

Without obsession, life is nothing. Votes: 3

Obsession is a young man's game. Votes: 3

My New Obsession... is YOUR DESTRUCTION!! Votes: 3

Cure for an obsession: get another one. Votes: 3

Obsession is beautiful. It's what makes art. Votes: 3

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. Votes: 3

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness. Votes: 3

Obsession with self is the motif of our time. Votes: 3

Obsession and desperation for your goal, gets you the goal. Votes: 3

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old. Votes: 3

Obsession and repetition in the process of making things is one constant element in my work. Votes: 3

Is there a word more passionate than passion? Obsession, total immersion, the feeling that everything else doesn't matter. Votes: 3

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. Votes: 3

Obsession is like a pretty, little, picket fence that offers itself up as a thin line--a separation between ingenuity and insanity. Votes: 3

Obsession with a consumerist lifestyle, above all when few people are capable of maintaining it, can only lead to violence and mutual destruction. Votes: 3

Obsession is a negative word, I do not think that obsession can bring positive things. Not only in tennis but, I mean in any situation of life. Votes: 3

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession. Votes: 3

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge. Votes: 3

Obsessional does not necessarily mean sexual obsession, not even obsession for this, or for that in particular; to be an obsessional means to find oneself caught in a mechanism, in a trap increasingly demanding and endless. Votes: 3

People who live with OCD drag a mental sea anchor around. Obsession is a brake, a source of drag, not a badge of creativity, a mark of genius or an inconvenient side effect of some greater function. Votes: 3

Obsession is such a naughty word - it's a very intense word. I'm obsessed with music, always have been. I can't lie. And I'm obviously obsessed with my child, my child's life and the little things that he does. Votes: 3

Obsession is so extreme and so hard to imagine with the rational mind that it has a science-fiction-like quality to it-it's almost as if the obsessed one has been taken over by a replica, a pod, a facsimile of the rational person. Votes: 3

Contact would hurt, might be fatal, and yet she couldn't stop herself. Obsession or compulsion, she didn't know, but she did know that before this was over, she'd either end up in Dmitri's bed . . . or one of them would bleed darkest red. Votes: 3

Any obsession is dangerous. Votes: 2

Obsessions turn people off. Votes: 2

I think life's an irrational obsession. Votes: 2

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. Votes: 2

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession. Votes: 2

In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact. Votes: 2

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work. Votes: 2

It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey. Votes: 2

Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else. Votes: 2

The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility. Votes: 2

If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession. Votes: 2

I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory. Votes: 2

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an after-life. Votes: 2

I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. Votes: 2

People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable. Votes: 2

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported? Votes: 2

The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry. Votes: 2

I am interested in the notion that people can become so obsessed by their world that they lose sense and awareness of how they appear to other people. They're so earnest about it. But that's true of so many things. Votes: 2

I like sweaters. I have a sweater obsession, I guess. Votes: 1

Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters. Votes: 1

I'm very obsessed with 'The Real Housewives' franchise. It's a bad obsession. Votes: 1

Under popular culture's obsession with a naive inclusion, everything is O.K. Votes: 1

I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. Votes: 1

I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show. Votes: 1

Everyone has their own definition of a healthy lifestyle, and mine has come to mean making health a priority but not an obsession. Votes: 1

Our culture's obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with their aesthetics. Votes: 1

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough. Votes: 1

Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it. Votes: 1

Snow White' is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today's science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. It's bizarre. Votes: 1

I was born in 1971, and Tom Baker was sort of my obsession as a kid and that's why we got him to do the voice over for 'Little Britain' because I was actually obsessed with Tom Baker. Votes: 1

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported? Votes: 1

There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. It's the art of putting all your energy into one thing; it's the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture. Votes: 1

I think one of the downsides of the sort of obsession with romantic love and personal fulfillment is that the plain fact of the matter is that those feelings don't last for ever and so they better be replaced and reinforced by things that do. Votes: 1

Being deeply contented with God in my everyday life is a focused attitude. It is always available. It means practicing letting go of my obsession with how I'm doing. It means training myself to learn to actually be present with people, and seeking to love them. Votes: 1

Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration. Votes: 1

The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good. Votes: 1

Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living it. Our health, diet and relationships suffer. We make mistakes at work. We struggle to relax, to enjoy the moment, even to get a decent night's sleep. Votes: 1

I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each conversation with a psychiatrist, every morning at the time of his visit, made me want to hang myself, realizing that I would not be able to cut his throat. Votes: 1

Everyone needed an obsession. Votes: 0

You're an addiction...my obsession... Votes: 0

Determination could easily become obsession. Votes: 0

Dancing is my obsession. My life. Votes: 0

Never love for me, only obsession. Votes: 0

Success in life is about obsession Votes: 0

Women have this obsession with shoes. Votes: 0

another word for talent is obsession. Votes: 0

The microscopic world became my obsession. Votes: 0

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse. Votes: 0

You're a human, you should understand self-obsession. Votes: 0

A public outcry usually masks a private obsession. Votes: 0

Create a character with an obsession, then follow. Votes: 0

In our culture, security has become an obsession. Votes: 0

Undeniable obsession of words that quickens my spirit. Votes: 0

Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment. Votes: 0

The greatest obsession is I believe in myself. Votes: 0

We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession... Votes: 0

It's nothing serious," he said. "It's just an obsession. Votes: 0

Photography my passion, the search for truth, my obsession. Votes: 0

There's a lot of obsession about people's personal ambitions. Votes: 0

The form is always the measure of the obsession. Votes: 0

To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible. Votes: 0

I have this obsession with really cool, old books. Votes: 0

I happen to have an obsession with Korean food. Votes: 0

For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline. Votes: 0

Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession. Votes: 0

These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession. Votes: 0

Mind hates to seep in delusion soaking faintly discolored obsession. Votes: 0

The obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness. Votes: 0

I think that America has an obsession with history, really. Votes: 0

I will be my undoing If I become my obsession. Votes: 0

I only have one obsession - not to be boring. Votes: 0

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind. Votes: 0

Writing is not hard work, it is simply an obsession ... Votes: 0

I think all males from Detroit have an obsession with cars. Votes: 0

I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore. Votes: 0

Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession. Votes: 0

Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics. Votes: 0

I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies. Votes: 0

I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome. Votes: 0

Photography has freed the plastic arts from their obsession with likeness. Votes: 0

We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. Votes: 0

The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential. Votes: 0

In the U.K., there is a sort of obsession with class. Votes: 0

Of all human weakness obsession is the most dangerous. And the silliest. Votes: 0

Love and hate are not opposites; they are siblings birthed by obsession. Votes: 0

An obsession with control generally seems to reflect a fear of uncertainty. Votes: 0

There's an unhealthy obsession in America with royalty and the class system. Votes: 0

This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it. Votes: 0

A civilization begins to decline the moment Life becomes its sole obsession. Votes: 0

I have an obsession with Milk Duds. Eating them tastes like heaven. Votes: 0

Until your mission is an obsession, nothing will change in your life. Votes: 0

I have an obsession with just watching people and what they're into. Votes: 0

Addiction is a relationship, a pathological relationship in which... obsession replaces people. Votes: 0

Most inner-oriented artists share a common characteristic, a certain quality of obsession. Votes: 0

don't let jesus in. AA is just one obsession replaced with another Votes: 0

The time has come to challenge our obsession with doing everything more quickly. Votes: 0

All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession. Votes: 0

In an age of multiple and massive innovations, obsolescence becomes the major obsession. Votes: 0

I can't go long without you either, Eva. You're an addiction...my obsession... Votes: 0

In America sex is an obsession. In Europe it's a fact of life. Votes: 0

I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession with undertones of nausea. Votes: 0

I think that an obsession with art history gave rise to the work. Votes: 0

Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out. Votes: 0

Alcohol is an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind. Votes: 0

Dear, I can't write, it's all a fantasy: a kind of circling obsession." Votes: 0

To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession. Votes: 0

Dear, I can't write, it's all a fantasy: a kind of circling obsession. Votes: 0

I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing. Votes: 0

I'm fond of observing how obsession is the most durable form of intellectual capital. Votes: 0

I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment. Votes: 0

I don't think I have an obsession, however I do eat chocolate every day. Votes: 0

Until our mission becomes our obsession, we'll be chained to the realm of average. Votes: 0

Inclusiveness isn't what I want to push back against. The obsession with facts is. Votes: 0

I have this obsession with the '80s because I missed all of it. Votes: 0

To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession. Votes: 0

Reformers who are obsessed with purity and cannot see that their obsession is impure. Votes: 0

I just make whatever music I want. It's my obsession, and it's very fulfilling. Votes: 0

A man with an obsession is a man who has very little sales resistance. Votes: 0

I think the obsession with wanting to change yourself is crazy over the top. Votes: 0

We have been a little insane about the truth. We have had an obsession. Votes: 0

I think the obsession with wanting to change yourself is crazy over the top. Votes: 0

A great artist has a unique vision...obsession. They are someone willing to fail flamboyantly. Votes: 0

Given Loughner's obsession with meaninglessness and language, maybe Foucault & Derrida deserve some fault here, too. Votes: 0

Rather than the obsession with impurity, you'd do better to fear the nostalgia for purity. Votes: 0

You don't change the world out of obligation, but you will out of glorious obsession. Votes: 0

I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything. Votes: 0

I have an obsession with hot sauce. I love Cholula. I put Cholula on everything. Votes: 0

The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life. Votes: 0

With today's mass media obsession, it's good to be able to raise awareness about our environment. Votes: 0

There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose. Votes: 0

I make music and I can't stop. It's a compulsion and an obsession and a curse. Votes: 0

I have an obsession for quality. I work for my guests, not to obtain Michelin stars. Votes: 0

In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul. Votes: 0

There is a point at which curiosity becomes unbearable, when it becomes an obsession, like hunger. Votes: 0

The trouble with gardening is that is does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession. Votes: 0

The happiest people I know are those who have an obsession to the obedience of God. Votes: 0

Each obsession is a knot in your being. Once it is opened, great energy is released Votes: 0

Sex, which ought to be an incident of life, is the obsession of the well-fed world. Votes: 0

The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk. Votes: 0

You can't put passion and obsession into someone's employment contract - either you are or you aren't. Votes: 0

Objects always meet your obsession. Once you have an obsession, you step on it at every corner. Votes: 0

Hating hard work can get to be such an obsession that you won't let it pile up. Votes: 0

I think America's obsession with guns and with violence in media and society is a horrible sickness. Votes: 0

What unifies every part of my journey is I always lead with my curiosity, obsession, or fascination. Votes: 0

My most favorite entrance music of all time it's that, "You're my obsession, you're my obsession" song. Votes: 0

Anything that you can do a tiny bit of research about, I'll turn it into an obsession. Votes: 0

I was the fastest typist in my school, and I had an obsession with spelling and memorizing. Votes: 0

It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies. Votes: 0

I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves. Votes: 0

When you fall in love with golf, you seldom fall easy. Itʹs obsession at first sight. Votes: 0

Figure out the WHY you want it and turn it into a desire and then and obsession! Votes: 0

My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are, Votes: 0

Efficiency for me is an obsession..It not only helps me get stronger but makes things simpler. Votes: 0

To be the object of somebody's obsession is a really awful feeling when you can't return it. Votes: 0

I was told I have obsessive behavioral traits. I looked up everything to do with obsession after that. Votes: 0

Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession. Votes: 0

Sometime in 1964 I realized that I was a victim of a printmaking obsession, a condition that persists today. Votes: 0

We are addicted to money and our obsession with it is leading to the destruction of our planet. Votes: 0

The conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession. Votes: 0

Killing prostitutes had become an obsession with me. I could not stop myself. It was like a drug. Votes: 0

A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction. Votes: 0

When you're working for yourself and your own obsession with finding the truth, you're at your own mercy. Votes: 0

Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt compassion and oppression Votes: 0

I liked movies so much that they became an obsession. I am still trying to kick the habit. Votes: 0

What is it with this American booty culture? It seems to me to be a form of obsession. Votes: 0

I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession. Votes: 0

Drugs became an obsession, like Culture Club had been, like religion later became although I'm through with that now. Votes: 0

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience. Votes: 0

Our society's obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture. Votes: 0

Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession. Votes: 0

You can't have a discussion about bullying unless you also have a discussion against our culture's obsession with masculinity. Votes: 0

The obsession was so real and so prolonged. Sleeping was kind of like taking breaks from continuing the obsession. Votes: 0

The danger in mysticism is that you push yourself too far into the nagual too soon. This is obsession. Votes: 0

Be true to what naturally interests you - and be brave enough to turn an obsession into a profession. Votes: 0

Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession. Votes: 0

I was born in Hoboken. I am an American. Photography is my passion. The search for Truth my obsession. Votes: 0

Our obsession with security is a measure of the power we have granted the future to hold over us. Votes: 0

I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds. Votes: 0

I do not think that obsession is funny or that not being able to stop one's intensity is funny. Votes: 0

Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life. Votes: 0

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts. Votes: 0

People whose lives are not balanced by a healthy love of money suffer from an appalling obsession with personal integrity. Votes: 0

Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans. Votes: 0

I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it. Votes: 0

You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. Votes: 0

It's a fantastic thing to take the risk of getting so close to your desire, expressing your obsession so absolutely. Votes: 0

My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession. Votes: 0

I wanted to make a comment on the obsession with success and failure that we see a lot in America. Votes: 0

The myopic obsession of the Tea Party with destroying health care reform and wounding the president has led Republicans astray. Votes: 0

Why the obsession with worldly possessions ? When it's your time to go, they have to stay behind, so pack light. Votes: 0

My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion. Votes: 0

Inordinate desire for material possessions can become an obsession that consumes our thoughts, drains our resources, and leads to unhappiness. Votes: 0

Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession. Votes: 0

TV is a pornographic cacophony of violence, death obsession, screams, gunfire and drama. You think it's fine because you are damaged. Votes: 0

The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians but also of zoologists. Votes: 0

You start living for the obsession alone ... You want to arrive somewhere regardless of whether you're enjoying the road or not. Votes: 0

The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession. Votes: 0

Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self. Votes: 0

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films. Votes: 0

Being the object of Alfred Hitchcock's obsession was horrific, but while he ruined my career, he could never ruin my life. Votes: 0

Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them. Votes: 0

Sex has never been an obsession with me. It's just like eating a bag of crisps. Quite nice, but nothing marvellous. Votes: 0

The ruins of classic movie theaters are a personal obsession of mine, and I've made a couple of documentaries about it. Votes: 0

People "confess" can be wildly different. I might go into the confessional and say, "Father, what is my obsession with miniatures?" Votes: 0

My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career. Votes: 0

I once tried to make lace - which has been a great obsession of women - unsexy. And I achieved it. Votes: 0

The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure. Votes: 0

These predators loved with wild fury, but they were also darkly possessive, crossing the boundary into what humans might term obsession. Votes: 0

People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays. Votes: 0

Clothes became my attraction and obsession early. I wasn't so interested in dressing myself because I was not my object of desire. Votes: 0

There is an obsession in the Church with sin management. People think more about their sins than about their redemption through Jesus Votes: 0

Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can't stop thinking about another human being. Votes: 0

Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me. Votes: 0

This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing. Votes: 0

Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession. Votes: 0

Hell is not a place, it's a state of mind and body; hell is obsession with a voice, a face, a name. Votes: 0

We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability. Votes: 0

When you're in the world looking for only one thing, you find it or it finds you. The obsession can be mutual Votes: 0

I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines. Votes: 0

There's an obsession, within our culture, with the genteel thief. Somebody who commits a crime, but does it in a classy way. Votes: 0

You can see it in terms of the obsession on Wall Street with not just profits but greed, more profit, more profit. Votes: 0

My mother and father instilled in me a sense of purpose not defined by today's street obsession with bling, cars or cribs. Votes: 0

The unconscious obsession that we photographers have is that wherever we go we want to find the theme that we carry inside ourselves. Votes: 0

I don't know if this is a good thing to say, but the musical obsession has almost shifted to a creative obsession now. Votes: 0

I actually just rock-climbed when I was away on vacation and now I'm searching out rock climbing gyms. That's my new obsession for 2013. Votes: 0

Use your time to bathe yourself in the gift. Move your hand across the canvas. Go to museums. Make this into an obsession. Votes: 0

I was still too young to know that there is no such thing as love without trust. There is only obsession and co-dependence. Votes: 0

There are a number of things that set Southern artists apart from anyone else. Their obsession with place and their obsession with family. Votes: 0

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all else, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. Votes: 0

The top quark was discovered in 1995, and since then, the Higgs has become our obsession because the standard model was incomplete without it. Votes: 0

There is an element of delusional obsession in the French political elite's preoccupation with the notion that France is still a global power. Votes: 0

I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate. Votes: 0

I have a ships bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate. Votes: 0

The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession. Votes: 0

Never love for me, only obsession. Someone has to stand still for you to love them. My choices are always on the run. Votes: 0

What's happened to marriage? The wedding-industrial complex. Brides get swept up in this world of obsession - it has to be your perfect day. Votes: 0

People are like, 'What is your whole obsession with butterflies?' I'm like, 'I'm not obsessed. I like them. Can't anybody like something?' Votes: 0

Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences. Votes: 0

Nothing has done more to render modern economic theory a sterile and irrelevant exercise in autoeroticism than its practitioners' obsession with mathematical, general-equilibrium models. Votes: 0

Nilekani's technocratic obsession with gathering data is consistent with that of Bill Gates, as though lack of information is what is causing world hunger. Votes: 0

We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time for ourselves. Votes: 0

Our obsession is how we can use technology to reach our big goals, first peace, which will allow us more equality and better education. Votes: 0

The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility. Votes: 0

I got my undergrad in Creative Writing, and then I didn't get my Masters in obsession, because I figured I already had that covered. Votes: 0

It happened to some people, that obsession with throwing their clothes off at an age when it would be best to keep them on. Votes: 0

I have a magnificent obsession. All I want to do is change the world ...make it a better place for this and future generations. Votes: 0

I still am a geek, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I see no shame in having an unhealthy obsession with something. Votes: 0

No-one inspired me growing up more than Thom Yorke. I was eleven when the obsession hit hard and I'm still such a huge fan. Votes: 0

Life can be cruel. It´s been my struggle, my personal battle, my obsession to make people see that different isn´t always bad. Votes: 0

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession. Votes: 0

The fatal mistake we make is looking for a paradise that endures...This obsession with what lasts causes us to overlook many a fleeting paradise. Votes: 0

Our life-style contains more Thanatos than Eros, for egotism, exploitation, deception, obsession and addiction have more place in us than eroticism, joy, generosity and spontaneity. Votes: 0

I was ten years old when my first 'Vogue' cover sang me its siren call and dashed me against the treacherous rocks of fashion obsession. Votes: 0

I was ten years old when my first Vogue cover sang me its siren call and dashed me against the treacherous rocks of fashion obsession. Votes: 0

The fatal mistake we make is looking for a paradise that endures...This obsession with what lasts causes us to overlook many a fleeting paradise. Votes: 0

I kind of like pony tails, beards, maybe a tattoo. My massive obsession - I'm really targeting a niche market here - a hair lip. Votes: 0

Now I approach climbing differently. I have learned less effort and energy, less obsession, and more feeling, as with piano, more emphasis and less frenzy. Votes: 0

I'd love to be in a period drama - that's my obsession. But being a mixed-race actress, there aren't so many roles you're right for. Votes: 0

While obsession with one’s personal appearance is a sign of being a vacant prat, total oblivion to it is a sign of mental illness. Votes: 0

We are all more similar than we usually realize. So much of the suffering we do in our life is because of obsession with self. Votes: 0

A friend of mine told me, you know your obsession with girls who talk like sexy babies? You have to put that into your script. Votes: 0

You know, there's such a very thin dividing line between inspiration and obsession that sometimes it's very hard to decide which side we're really on. Votes: 0

..the writer's obsession - the desire to know and communicate, or, rather, to know everything so as to communicate with the greatest degree of precision. Votes: 0

David Stern might be the smartest executive in the history of professional sports. His obsession with the Vagrant Kings is one of the strangest stories. Votes: 0

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas. Votes: 0

The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family. Votes: 0

A woman's love is quick to turn into a passion for revenge--an obsession that becomes an endless river of blood, flowing on from generation to generation. Votes: 0

Koons's work has always stood apart for its one-at-a-time perfection, epic theatricality, a corrupted, almost sick drive for purification, and an obsession with traditional artistic values. Votes: 0

By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so called 'diversity' actually perpetuate racism. Their obsession with racial group identity is inherently racist... Votes: 0

Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and I've been a guitar junkie ever since. Votes: 0

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that. Votes: 0

Our Western science, ever since the 17th century, has been obsessed with the notion of control, of man dominating nature. This obsession has led to disaster. Votes: 0

You cannot write a book unless it is totally inhabiting your imagination and you are totally engrossed with it. Which is a kind word for obsession. Votes: 0

I like to make pies. That's kind of my new obsession - peach, blueberry, apple, strawberry. I make a really good pumpkin pie with real pumpkin. Votes: 0

I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens. Votes: 0

I like to make pies. Thats kind of my new obsession - peach, blueberry, apple, strawberry. I make a really good pumpkin pie with real pumpkin. Votes: 0

We were both music-obsessed, each in our own way. If we didn't entirely understand the other person's obsession, it didn't matter, because we understood our own. Votes: 0

Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it's all about: the delight of being a servant. Votes: 0

Ever since I was little I really loved boyish clothes - I had a real obsession with strict clothes, like uniforms. They really got me going,. Votes: 0

Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping. Votes: 0

Ever since I was little, I really loved boyish clothes - I had a real obsession with strict clothes, like uniforms. They really got me going. Votes: 0

Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and Ive been a guitar junkie ever since. Votes: 0

I think that the obsession with technique is a male thing. Boy's toys. They love playing... I would rather search for a new model or location. Votes: 0

The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about. Votes: 0

As entrepreneurs, we must constantly dream and have the conviction and obsession to transform our dreams into reality - to create a future that never existed before. Votes: 0

Find that pursuit that will energize you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don't, you are working. Votes: 0

What is the best way to go beyond self-interest and obsession with personal demands, needs and disappointments? The answer is: Whatever you do, may it benefit everyone. Votes: 0

I actually feel quite self-indulgent at the moment, telling you all about me, me, me.(...) On the other hand, you're a human -you should understand self obsession. Votes: 0

Every library answers a twofold need, which is often also a twofold obsession: that of conserving certain objects (books) and that of organizing them in certain ways Votes: 0

My obsession with eating out partly comes from having spent 10 long years at English boarding schools in the 1980s, where food was pretty low on the list. Votes: 0

Accepting God's acceptance of me doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying. It means I'm going to stop trying out. And I am intentionally redirecting my obsession. Votes: 0

I think the whole obsession with old gear is completely overblown. You don't need old-fashioned gear to make a great-sounding record. You don't even need [analog] tape. Votes: 0

Photography has a natural affinity for the strategies of surrealism - the exaltation of chance and eros, the exploration of obsession and the release of the unconscious. Votes: 0

A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life Votes: 0

I really think it's a white, bourgeois idea to pretend that you don't have influences. It seems to be the obsession strictly of white people in college. Votes: 0

I went through an obsession with eyebrows. I used to paint my eyebrows really, really strong. I look back now, and some were a little bit strong. Votes: 0

Do you agree that when theres tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose. Votes: 0

Do you agree that when there's tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose. Votes: 0

Being a martial artist for many years, it has become a bit of an obsession of mine to bring that part of my life to the screen. Votes: 0

Gunn, like me, has a James Bond obsession. He would love to be James Bond, and it's a great role that I would love to be, someday. Votes: 0

This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like that, and I don't want to be a typical pop star. Votes: 0

I'm not leaving until you tell me why you followed me. I know I'm a fascinating guy, but this is starting to feel like an unhealthy obsession. Votes: 0

What is this obsession people have with books? They put them in their houses like they're trophies. What do you need it for after you read it? Votes: 0

I have this weird obsession with kids and old people falling. Like, funny falls. It is awful, but it's the thing that makes me laugh the most. Votes: 0

Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that I have in my life. Votes: 0

The danger to power is obsession - power junkies. You need a very strong mind and humor to balance yourself. If you don't, you will get shredded. Votes: 0

Sunglasses are a bit like watches for me - a real obsession. My favourites are Oakleys, Ray-Bans and Wileys, which are worn by the U.S. military. Votes: 0

Articles always end up being about my appearance. I had a conversation with Jude Law: he told me people's obsession with looks goes away after a while. Votes: 0

Music became an obsession, and eventually we felt more comfortable with each other then we did with anyone else. The three of us were like one person. Votes: 0

The danger to power is obsession - power junkies. You need a very strong mind and humor to balance yourself. If you don't, you will get shredded. Votes: 0

It's hard to get hot over a painting; there's no equivalent for teenage obsessiveness. Art obsession is ideology. Ideology can be made sexy, but it's easier in music. Votes: 0

If meditate on the third eye and have headaches it means you are trying to pull in too much power from the occult chakra. The danger is obsession. Votes: 0

The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession. Votes: 0

Being a poet is like having an invisible partner. It isn't easy. But you can't live without it either. Talent is only 10 per cent. The rest is obsession. Votes: 0

I don't know if you have ever been the object of someone's obsession - but if it's not of your desire, it is horrible. It is really awful. Votes: 0

I have this weird obsession about buying books and looking at them with a smile, even if I won't read them soon. At least they are mine now. Votes: 0

In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff. Votes: 0

It's an obsession of mine, that different people, in different places, are thinking the same thing, but for different reasons. I try to make films which connect people. Votes: 0

If meditate on the third eye and have headaches it means you are trying to pull in too much power from the occult chakra. The danger is obsession. Votes: 0

Someone with an obsession for arranging things in alphabetical order was an abcedist, whereas someone with an obsession for arranging them in reverse alphabetical order was a zyxedist. Votes: 0

I have an unswayable obsession with death. If there was a magical pill that one could take that would retire you from the world, I would take it. Votes: 0

I get very caught up with things. I used to be dominated by domestic things. I had a lovely house in LA-and it became this growing, mad obsession Votes: 0

What can we say about a marketing culture that so openly feeds and colludes with obsession? The Disney empire has developed this to an unprecedented degree of professionalism. Votes: 0

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself. Votes: 0

My wife thinks I have an obsession with social class. So I guess I have an obsession with social class. It probably stems from feeling like an outcast. Votes: 0

perhaps the way with any obsession is to ignore it simply. Not to fight it, since it draws strength from any contact with us, whether hostile or friendly ... Votes: 0

The Obama Administration's obsession with forcing mandates on the American people has now reached a new low by violating the conscience rights and religious liberties of our people. Votes: 0

Everyone I have ever known very well has been concerned that I would eventually starve. Probably I shall. It isn't important enough to me to be an obsession. Votes: 0

A disease-free body, quiver-free breath, stress-free mind, inhibition-free intellect, obsession-free memory, ego that includes all, and soul which is free from sorrow is the birthright of every human being. Votes: 0

Escape escape escape by God. Never mind hunger pains, discomfort, or any other agony. Let escape become your passion, your one and only obsession until you finally reach home. Votes: 0

What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven. Votes: 0

I'm proud of Russia, that's true. And we have something to be proud of, but we do not have any obsession with being a superpower in the international arena. Votes: 0

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough Votes: 0

These landscapes of water and reflections have become an obsession. It's quite beyond my powers at my age, and yet I want to succeed in expressing what I feel. Votes: 0

We call an obsession with having someone's approval 'co-dependency;' the Bible's word for it is idolatry. A country can be an idol. A family can be an idol. Votes: 0

I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered. Votes: 0

My new obsession is 'Storage Wars.' I don't know how such a simple show concept can be so addicting, but I can sit and watch marathons of it. Votes: 0

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Votes: 0

We break off obsession by laughing at ourselves, by learning to be funny, by just seeing the joy in life and by having a terrific love for this world. Votes: 0

Food has always been at the center of community bonding, of family life, and simple pleasure, but it is becoming more and more an obsession, a source of pain. Votes: 0

I think there has always been an obsession with youth and beauty. What's missing is the equal obsession with respect for"¦older people"¦and their wisdom and knowledge and courage. Votes: 0

There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food. Votes: 0

Think of it! We could have gone on longing for one another and pretending not to notice forever. This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it. Votes: 0

As her eyes scanned his face, he feared that she saw everything, right down t the core of him. Where his obsession with her was the strongest. -Butch and Marissa Votes: 0

My first obsession was actually sports. I was a very good handball goalkeeper. With special permission, I played in the premier league in Germany before I was even old enough. Votes: 0

The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly. Votes: 0

During an intense period of lab work, the outside world vanishes and the obsession is total. Sleep is when you can curl up on the accelerator floor for an hour. Votes: 0

Positive obsession is about not being able to stop just because you're afraid and full of doubts. Positive obsession is dangerous. It's about not being able to stop at all. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, we live our life in public, so any weight gain or pimple is a national story. I don't get this obsession with weight. It's not only Hollywood; it's our society. Votes: 0

If you pay attention to when you are hungry, what your body wants, what you are eating, when you've had enough, you end the obsession because obsession and awareness cannot coexist. Votes: 0

The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I've always been questioned about my historical veracity, and 'Downton' just flies past, when it's completely made up. Votes: 0

I think challenge for Facebook is to develop a culture that has the advertiser and the ad service be as strong a part of their culture as the user obsession is. Votes: 0

It's all you think about, all you talk about, and all you want us to talk about. What in the world would we call something like that? Oh, yeah! An obsession! Votes: 0

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband. Votes: 0

I have an obsession with knowing the answers to things. When I don't know what happened, it just bothers me, gets under my skin, and I need to write about it. Votes: 0

I perfectly understand the obsession with shoes. I myself am pretty obsessed. I have a few hundred pairs of shoes in general, because I've been collecting shoes for a long time. Votes: 0

What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession! Votes: 0

My introduction to the Brady book was an attempt to nail the exact same idea since Brady addressed the point. And since I write pornography, naturally, something of an obsession for me. Votes: 0

Without someone giving you a shot, opening a door, believing that your obsession is a real thing when you're young, you don't get the opportunity. Every single day I'm reminded of that. Votes: 0

Acting requires a lot of discipline to go with the obsession. It's a path of knowledge, and of self-knowledge. Sometimes you get lost on the path. And then you find yourself again. Votes: 0

I made a film called 'Bad Timing' that I thought everybody would respond to. It was about obsessive love and physical obsession. I thought this must touch everyone, from university dons down. Votes: 0

My mom passed on her obsession of all things antique or vintage. I love to go thrift store shopping or explore any sort of garage sale. Treasure hunting is a family passion. Votes: 0

The left's obsession with the high incomes of corporate executives never seems to extend to equally high - or higher - incomes of professional athletes, entertainers, or best-selling authors like Danielle Steel. Votes: 0

The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to conceal the intensity of his obsession from all except those similarly afflicted. Votes: 0

I used to have an obsession with building businesses and forgot about building health. I was focused on the destination instead of the journey. I caution you to not do the same. Votes: 0

This obsession with leadership... It's not neutral; it's American, this idea of the heroic leader who comes in on a white horse to save the day. I think it's killing American companies. Votes: 0

Yes and our obsession with youth in our culture and how we, women lie about their age after 35 obsessively and no one wants to let anyone know they're getting older, et cetera. Votes: 0

My mom passed on her obsession of all things antique or vintage. I love to go thrift store shopping or explore any sort of garage sale. Treasure hunting is a family passion." Votes: 0

An absolutely devastating ridicule of all that is false, primitive, and vicious in current American life: the abuses of power, hero worship, aimless violence, materialistic obsession, intolerance, and every form of hypocrisy. Votes: 0

The world loves a clone and a good knock-off. It cheats the artist... In the obsession for technical wizardry, people disappear; and if your voice isn't present in a relationship, you don't matter. Votes: 0

It is more than a little ironic that "capital accumulation" once a rather tendentious Marxian view of a supposed capitalist obsession, should have become - of all things - Wall Street's own slogan. Votes: 0

I feel the sexiest when I'm by myself, walking around nude. I have this new obsession with nudity, it's really weird. It may sound weird, but I just really love embracing the body. Votes: 0

Engineers, medical people, scientific people, have an obsession with solving the problems of reality, when actually ... once you reach a basic level of wealth in society, most problems are actually problems of perception. Votes: 0

It's frustrating to not be able to wear the same dress twice, so I don't have a go-to dress like all girls do. Renting is definitely going to be my new fashion obsession. Votes: 0

I have a bit of an obsession with the 1950's and all those actors from Montgomery Clift to James Dean and Anthony Perkins. Just that whole era of Tennessee Williams to Elia Kazan. Votes: 0

By relinquishing your obsession with the past and your fantasies about the future, you can tap into the power of the present and feel the force of love that resides inside of you. Votes: 0

Some of the most intense affairs are between actors and characters. There's a fire in the human heart and we jump into it with the same obsession as we have with our lovers. Votes: 0

Hollywood was not a place I dreamed of getting to. I never could take seriously the obsession people have about being a celebrity or getting to Hollywood - I was born next door. Votes: 0

Yes, because it's Len's obsession with practical. I've never really had that experience that I hear people having of being on an empty soundstage painted green talking to a tennis ball on a stick. Votes: 0

People can get obsessed with romance, they can get obsessed with political paranoia, they can get obsessed with horror. It's isn't the fault of the subject matter that creates the obsession, I don't think. Votes: 0

I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn't an expert in what I write about? Votes: 0

We have this obsession with broken homes. Everyone wants to find a problem with it, but not me. I had great homes. Both my parents remarried and I got more people to learn from! Votes: 0

Make no mistake: Tackling climate change is vital. But to see everything through the lens of short-term CO2 reductions, letting our obsession with carbon blind us to the bigger picture, is to court catastrophe. Votes: 0

We have this obsession with broken homes. Everyone wants to find a problem with it, but not me. I had great homes. Both my parents remarried and I got more people to learn from! Votes: 0

[On Ronald Reagan:] Jane Wyman seemed more upset with her husband's obsession with politics than I. I tried to make her laugh. 'He'll outgrow it,' I told her. To her it wasn't funny. Votes: 0

The frenzy of the little-girl culture is something very unique, and I can only say that because I was one. The obsession - I can't really explain it. Everything is heightened to the maximum. Votes: 0

Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it was just comedy, computers and chess club; those were my big things. Votes: 0

I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for me to spend the time, the energy, the focus and the obsession to come to terms with my own spiritual crisis. Votes: 0

Just as our taste in lovers is far more revealing than our choice of friends, the object of an artist's obsession can open up doors to their soul that might otherwise remain shut tight. Votes: 0

High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of generations a relay race in which everyone surpasses his predecessor . . . Votes: 0

'Snow White' is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today's science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. It's bizarre. Votes: 0

Our country's growing obsession with organized sports isn't just hurting our children, but also our communities. As play is siphoned off to gyms and fields, fewer kids are playing in our streets, parks, and playgrounds. Votes: 0

The big problem with power, of course, is obsession. Once you get some of it and feel it, it dominates your whole life and it's all you can think about. That doesn't have to happen. Votes: 0

Fundamentalist Christians are my sisters and brothers, my family and friends, my oldest colleagues and coworkers. But I fear their love for the nation has become an obsession to reshape it in their own image. Votes: 0

I think Hollywood has always, you know, there's always been glamour associated to it. And especially in the last ten years there has been a growing sort of obsession with celebrity life and celebrity culture. Votes: 0

The sources and research I use for my inspiration aren't your typical sci-fi subjects, but it's really driven by obsession and personal anxiety more than trying to take up the sword and do what's right. Votes: 0

Even in a country like the USA where fitness has become an obsession, most people exercising do not seem to think it illogical to drive automobiles to gyms while doing their best to avoid walking Votes: 0

What a mystery this is, desire. The love sickness, the sensitivity, the obsession, the flutter of the heart, the ebb and flow of the blood. There is no drug and no alcohol to equal it. Votes: 0

We want to follow a dream, yes it's true, but it's one thing to follow a dream and another to follow an obsession...A dream is more pure than obsession. A dream is about pride. Votes: 0

Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age. Votes: 0

Hinduism is wholly free from the strange obsession of some faiths that the acceptance of a particular religious metaphysics is necessary for salvation, and non-acceptance thereof is a heinous sin meriting eternal punishment in hell. Votes: 0