Obsessiveness In Older Quotes & Sayings

Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Let him be whoever he thinks he is," she said. "That's all anybody could hope for in this world. — Terry Pratchett

I often felt we lived in a lighted house of glass, and that any moment some thin-lipped parchment face would peer through a carelessly unshaded window to obtain a free glimpse of things that the most jaded voyeur would have paid a small fortune to watch. — Vladimir Nabokov

I definitely think of myself still as a writer first, and feel like - with the lucky exception of this - any acting opportunity I've gotten is usually because I was writing on it. This is like a wonderful vacation. If you've ever sat in a writers' room it's the most disgusting, tortuous place, so it's a treat to be treated like a movie actor. — Tina Fey

Becoming more than a good Bible study girl means I separate my shortcomings from my identity and let Jesus be the only measure of my worth. — Lysa TerKeurst

Sometimes I would get invited to a party or to go out to dinner by one
of them and I would decline. Part of me wanted to go, but those kind of
outings always made me feel even more alienated than usual. Hearing them
talk made me feel lonely and hateful at the same time. Lonely because I
didn't fit in, never did. When I was reminded, it hurt. And hateful
because it reaffirmed what I already knew, that I was alone and on the
outside. — Henry Rollins

Is there a term for when you are only gay for the top half of someone?"
"I think that makes you bisect-ual. — Thomm Quackenbush

I know how teams work. I've been doing this for 30 years. — Giovanni Trapattoni

In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class. — Raul Castro

The pressure to be thin, which causes guilt and obsessiveness around food, is terrible and starts so early. For me, it started at sixteen when I left home and gained weight for the first time and was told by a slightly older boy, out of the blue, that I was "too plump." The shock of that lasted a good long time. — Kate Christensen

And sometimes a dust storm would stand off in the desert, towering so high it was like another city
a terrifying new era approaching, blurring our dreams. — Denis Johnson

We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Not again! The line must be drawn here! This far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done! — Patrick Stewart

Where in the nine hells did you ever find the notion that I would fight fair? — R.A. Salvatore