Jacques Lacan Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: psychologist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 13, 1901 - September 9, 1981

Topics

FindMeanObsessionCaughtTrap

I was never, ever once angry in the ring.

Joe Frazier

AngryRingNeverOnceEver

I love kale. Genuinely. I really am glad that I have a platform to express that. I think a good raw kale salad is always just a meaty mouth feel. I also really like kelp noodle pasta with a little kale on top.

Megan Amram

LoveGoodThinkFeelMouthSalad

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.

Jeanette Winterson

MeListeningCreateSaidNeedBeing

If you're going to write, then write a novel with a Haitian woman in it and try and describe her accurately. When you can do that, you can write about people.

Jeff Buckley

WomanPeopleYouTryWriteGoing

For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr, I discovered that the implausibility and the thinness of the people distracted me unduly from the plot.

John Updike

PeopleMeMysteryYearsReadPlot

I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections and one I want to see it. A month later I had an agent. Another month later I had a three book deal with Little Brown.

Stephenie Meyer

ExperienceWorldBookThreeWant

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

Robert Frost

WomenMenBossWorldLonelyBeing

'Brigade' is about one man leading his team to save the fabric of reality even as it comes undone.

Rob Liefeld

ManTeamRealityFabricEvenSave

My original intent for investing into Sprint - the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we'd have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn't accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken.

Masayoshi Son

TimeBrokenGovernmentFightAccept

For me, it's important to stay healthy more than it is to have one good victory.

Lukas Rosol

GoodMeVictoryHealthyImportant

I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.

Josh Groban

DayKissHairLawyerStonePlay

I think in the sciences there is still the general belief that America is still tops. For America to lose that, I think, would be very bad, not just speaking as a scientist myself. I think it would be very bad for the morale of the whole country.

Chen-Ning Yang

MyselfThinkAmericaLoseBadWhole

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