#mechanism

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

#demanding #does #endless #even #find

Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#dependent #easily #mechanisms #our #precarious

We know that communication must be hampered, and its form largely determined, by the unconscious but inevitable influence of a transmitting mechanism, whether that be of a merely mechanical or of a physiological character. ↗

— Oliver Joseph Lodge

#communication #determined #form #hampered #inevitable

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#be happy #becoming #causes #consider #denying

All handling by IPCC of the Sea Level questions have been done in a way that cannot be accepted and that certainly not concur with modern knowledge of the mode and mechanism of sea level changes. ↗

— Nils-Axel Morner

#been #cannot #certainly #changes #concur

I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#back #call #coping #could #drank

Where health care has failed is in designing a cost containment mechanism that works. ↗

— Peter Shumlin

#cost #designing #failed #health #health care

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#jump #just #many #mechanisms #might

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life. ↗

— August Strindberg

#complicated #extremely #life #man #mechanism

I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about the sensuality of the mechanism of the universe... about life. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#always #between #i #i always #life