Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
George Will
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
William Arthur Ward
Helen Rowland
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Albert Einstein
All authors
Today's birthdays
1778 - William Hazlitt
1954 - Anne Lamott
1936 - John Madden
1930 - Dolores Huerta
1882 - Frances Perkins
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Cartoonist
Mathematician
Inventor
Artist
Psychologist
President
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Quote Topics
Obsessive Quotes
Obsessive Quotes
What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.
Moby
Life
Me
You
People
Behavior
Addiction
State
Okay
Destroys
Would
About
Feel
Obsessive
Most
Toxic
Altered
Because
Normal
Normal Life
Aspects
Your
Choose
Moment
Fascinates
Brief
Brief Moment
Consciousness
You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, 'You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.'
David LaChapelle
Work
You
Happy
People
Shopping
Real Estate
Say
Purchase
About
Void
Obsessive
Like
Know
Make
Real
Going
Owning
Want
Estate
Them
Gonna
Who
Fill
Amount
Things
Buying
My idea of professionalism is probably a lot of people's idea of obsessive.
David Fincher
People
Idea
Obsessive
Lot
Professionalism
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.
Barbra Streisand
Art
Good
Difficult
Think
Details
Perfectionist
Takes
Obsession
Obsessive
Like
Names
Been
Any
Artist
Many
Searching
I can get obsessive with my training, but it makes you who you are.
Bradley Wiggins
You
Training
Obsessive
Makes
Get
Who
Every moment in life can be interpreted as a risk, depending on our outlook - and level of obsessive- compulsive disorder! I do my best to depend on my gut. If you sit with a decision long enough, your gut/soul will tell you what path to take.
Dash Mihok
Life
Best
You
Path
Decision
Will
Long
Sit
Depend
Every
Enough
Our
Tell
Gut
Risk
Outlook
Compulsive
Take
Obsessive
Depending
Your
Disorder
Moment
Level
Interpreted
I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain's greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.
Geoffrey Rush
Myself
Anger
Fans
Own
Reputation
Aggressive
Possessive
My Own
Risk
Put
Obsessive
Greatest
Comic
Line
Sellers
Australian
Did
Want
Actor
Playing
Britain
People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
Ian McShane
People
Before
Think
Obsessive
Becomes
Tweet
I'm very careful with money - both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become an obsessive saver.
Murray Walker
Money
Parents
Become
Saver
Both
Both My Parents
Obsessive
Were
Up
Very
Grew
Sensible
Careful
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, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive.
Simon Cowell
You
Ego
Too Much
Too
Incredibly
Way
Bit
Obsessive
Course
Becomes
Times
Get
Little
Little Bit
Much
Competitive
The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.
Theodore Sturgeon
Nuts
Obsessive
Always
Been
Manchester United could have any goalkeeper in the world. I was a 23-year-old kid from New Jersey who, from an early age, had to cope with Tourette's Syndrome, a brain disorder that can trigger speech and facial tics, vocal outbursts and obsessive compulsive behavior.
Tim Howard
Age
World
Behavior
Syndrome
Kid
Outburst
Trigger
Vocal
Facial
Compulsive
Could
Had
Obsessive
New
New Jersey
Brain
Goalkeeper
Any
Manchester
Manchester United
Disorder
Who
United
Jersey
Cope
Early
Early Age
Speech
Anything that I love, I love to the extreme. I'm obsessive. If it's 'Star Wars,' if it's 'Transformers,' if it's the Flyers, I geek out.
Adam F. Goldberg
Love
Extreme
Flyers
Out
Geek
Obsessive
Anything
Transformers
Wars
Star
Star Wars
When I'm working, I'm insufferable because I get stuck with myself, and suddenly I become obsessive, thinking about how to make something better.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Myself
Better
Become
Thinking
About
Something
Stuck
Obsessive
Make
Insufferable
Because
How
Get
Working
Suddenly
The obsessive focus on a college degree has served neither taxpayers nor students well. Only 35 percent of students starting a four-year degree program will graduate within four years, and less than 60 percent will graduate within six years. Students who haven't graduated within six years probably never will.
Alex Tabarrok
Will
Focus
Degree
College
Neither
College Degree
Percent
Only
Never
Students
Obsessive
Well
Within
Nor
Years
Than
Graduate
Six
Graduated
Taxpayers
Less
Who
Served
Four
Four-Year
Starting
Program
I'm an obsessive musical theatre person, so some of the most formative albums for me were, you know, the 'Phantom Of The Opera' soundtrack or 'Into The Woods.'
Allison Williams
Me
You
Theatre
Musical
Musical Theatre
Some
Obsessive
Know
Most
Opera
Soundtrack
Were
Person
Woods
Formative
Phantom
Albums
Everything in moderation. I keep a healthy body, a healthy look. It's important not to be obsessive about anything - fitness, training, eating - because then you end up focusing on only that. And you can't obsess about anything when you're on the road.
Ana Ivanovic
Fitness
You
Training
Important
Healthy
Everything
Everything In Moderation
Focusing
Eating
About
Only
Road
Obsess
Obsessive
Look
Because
End
Up
Moderation
Anything
Then
Body
Keep
I am, as are most writers, just hugely obsessive, and so are many of my closest friends, who tend to be writers or scientists. It's a trait of human nature that I'm particularly in touch with. So I tend to project it onto my characters.
Andrea Barrett
Nature
Human Nature
Project
Characters
Touch
Tend
Onto
Writers
Obsessive
Most
Particularly
Am
Scientists
Friends
Hugely
Trait
Closest
Closest Friends
Human
Just
Who
Many
When I'm working, I'm not so much disciplined as obsessive. I have this feeling that I need to clear everything away and get this down.
Anne Enright
Feeling
Down
Everything
Clear
Obsessive
Disciplined
Get
Much
Working
Away
Need
I like to think of myself as focused in work, but it probably comes across as obsessive.
Ben Miller
Work
Myself
Think
Focused
Obsessive
Like
Across
'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 done it. There is some obsessive behaviour, but I worry for them rather than me.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Me
Fans
Gone
Back
Worry
Some
Rather
Through
Catalogue
Obsessive
Got
How
Sherlock
Intelligent
Than
Behaviour
Done
Them
Breed
Large
Why
I think my wife has struggled a bit because of how obsessive I get with what I eat and stuff.
Bradley Wiggins
Wife
Think
Bit
Eat
Struggled
Stuff
Obsessive
Because
How
Get
What I think makes people nerds is just being obsessive. I think that's what nerdiness really is - its people who don't just passively like something, they get passionate about whatever they like.
Brian Posehn
People
Whatever
Think
Nerds
About
Something
Obsessive
Like
Makes
Passionate
Passively
Get
Just
Being
Really
Who
I suppose I'm an obsessive reader. If I could make a living reading the books I want to read and then telling people about them, I'd pick that over acting.
Bruce Harwood
People
Reading
Living
Books
Telling
About
Could
Pick
Obsessive
Over
Suppose
Make
Read
Reader
Want
Them
Then
If I Could
Acting
I can get really obsessive. I like writing many drafts, and I try not to because it is very time-consuming, especially when you're working on a novel. But I do like to take a story and reorder it, put things in different places. This allows me to see things in a new and sometimes surprising way.
Carol Windley
Me
You
Writing
Sometimes
Try
Way
See
Take
Put
Obsessive
New
Like
Because
Surprising
Time-Consuming
Very
Get
Different
Story
Places
Really
Working
Different Places
Many
Novel
Things
Drafts
I'm kind of an obsessive person, and touring is repetitive in the best way.
Christine and the Queens
Best
Way
Kind
Best Way
Touring
Obsessive
Repetitive
Person
Load more quotes
No more obsessive quotes
Haven't find the right quote? Try another of these similiar topics.
About
Directors
Because
American