My obsession with accumulation, which at times has taken on the whisper of a psychic illness – as anyone who has experienced the ode to the Collyer brothers that is my ‘Vogue’ office will concur – began in infancy. – Hamish Bowles
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. – Jacques Lacan
Inordinate desire for material possessions can become an obsession that consumes our thoughts, drains our resources, and leads to unhappiness. – Joseph B. Wirthlin
I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves. – Barbara Kingsolver
I had an obsession with underarm shields – pointy ones, round ones, full ones, half ones. – Dawn Steel
Everyone has their own definition of a healthy lifestyle, and mine has come to mean making health a priority but not an obsession. – Daphne Oz
I’m more and more fascinated in my own work. I work from 10 A.M. until about 9 P.M., but it’s not an obsession, it’s a pleasure. There’s never enough time. – Gary Hume
The top quark was discovered in 1995, and since then, the Higgs has become our obsession because the standard model was incomplete without it. – Fabiola Gianotti
It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies. – Mike Leigh
When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like an obsession. I would take 20 books, and not come out until I’d finished them. It took me a while to change that habit. – Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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. – Norman Mailer
I kind of like pony tails, beards, maybe a tattoo. My massive obsession – I’m really targeting a niche market here – a hair lip. – Margot Robbie
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. – Napoleon Hill
It never became an obsession for me to score at all costs. I’ve always said that I’m not a big scorer, I’m a worker. – Eden Hazard