Quotes by Obsession I am overrun, infested with a menagerie of desires. Elizabeth Smart menagerieobsessiondesire A civilization begins to decline the moment Life becomes its sole obsession. Emile M. Cioran obsessionmomentscivilization 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. Enrique Pena Nieto ballsobsessionwant A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions. Emile M. Cioran obsessionpeopleideas An obsession is where something will not leave your mind. Eric Clapton obsessionmind 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 Eric Hoffer passionateobsessionworld I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore. Eric Kripke lifelongurban-legendsobsession A public outcry usually masks a private obsession. Eric Schlosser maskobsession I don't know if this is a good thing to say, but the musical obsession has almost shifted to a creative obsession now. Erol Alkan musicalobsessioncreative I'm fond of observing how obsession is the most durable form of intellectual capital. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick formobsessionintellectual The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns. Fiona Shaw nounsobsessedobsession I'm really obsessed with the past. Fisher Stevens obsessedobsessionpast Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born. Fiona Shaw obsessedgenerationsobsession I don't understand people's obsessions. FKA twigs obsessionpeople People see everything through the lens of their obsessions. Francine Prose lensesobsessionpeople The West remains obsessed by the caste system. Francois Gautier caste-systemobsessionwest Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. Franz Kafka intenseobsessionhate 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. Fritjof Capra obsessedobsessionmen I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano. Gary Oldman pianoobsessedobsession 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. Gayle Forman obsessionmatterway«1234567891011»
