George Packer Quotes

I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.

I do believe that I'm an addict on one level or another at all times.

I struggle with control.

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

I feel I should be doing stupid stuff, but I'm not going to.

Protect me from what I want.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.

I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

I've always had an addictive nature.

Human nature is you get carried away, so we have to protect ourselves from ourselves.

O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!

Sometimes I wish I was less of a maniac; sometimes I wish I was more.

I'm such an addictive personality that I can say yes or no.

It takes a lot to stop myself scrambling around and reading the news.

Everybody has some kind of addiction. It's about how you get around that addiction. First, you have to break the habit like anything. You have to define the hurdle or the objective.

My whole life, I've been a Temptation.

I'm really not good with impulse control.

I don't have that addictive, "What's going on?" feeling anymore, thank god.

My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate. I can't have a little bit of drugs.

You gotta take care of yourself; you can't do anything in excess.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.