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Obsession |
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Quotations
 | A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 10 likes |
 | In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 10 likes |
 | Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 8 likes |
 | A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind. — Robert Oxton Bolt, 1924-1955, British playwright 6 likes |
 | Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 5 likes |
 | Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 3 likes |
 | Supreme achievement and outstanding capacity are only rendered possible by mental concentration, by a sublime monomania that verges on lunacy. — Stefan Zweig, 1881-1942, Austrian writer 3 likes |
| People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
 | I seldom think of politics more than 18 hours a day. — Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969] 2 likes |
 | Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
 | Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. — Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936 2 likes |
 | Never worry about being obsessive. I like obsessive people. Obsessive people make great art. — Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist 1 likes |
 | When a man says he does not want to speak of something, he usually means he can think of nothing else. |
 | The police and the Jesuits have the virtue of never abandoning their enemies or their friends. |
 | Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction. |
 | The novelist’s obsession, moment by moment, is with language: finding the right next word. |
 | We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. |
 | People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. — Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976 |
 | I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind. |
Latin Quotes
 | Carthage must be destroyed! Carthago delenda est! — Cato the Elder, 234-149 BC, Roman statesman & writer (Cato used the phrase as the conclusion to all his speeches) 18 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | 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? |
Ancient Greek
 | Fierce desire for one thing blinds the soul to other things. Αι περί τι σφοδραί ορέξεις τυφλούσιν εις τάλλα την ψυχήν. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 2 likes |
