Quotes from Ruth Westheimer

Every person has to be respected.

I love being Dr. Ruth, so I have never thought of retiring.

It is good to be Dr. Ruth.

I read the horoscope, and when I like it I smile and when I don't like it, I say, 'Dr. Ruth Westheimer, what's the matter with you?'

I don't want people to be lonely. I would like them to find partners.

I have to be true to what I think because that's my whole career.

Why should only rich men have young, beautiful women? Rich women should have young, beautiful men.

Even top fashion models get critical about one certain part of their body that they do not like. So perfection is impossible.

I have in my bones, and in my blood, the knowledge that you have to help the people who are persecuted.

You see families at a restaurant and the kids are on the phone and the adults are on the phone. It's just a catastrophe.

Now were it up to me, I would abolish all warfare.

There are times when you should never give a cheater a second chance, but there also are exceptions.

In 1947 and '48, everybody in then-Palestine belonged to some group. I chose the group that was the forerunner of the Israel Defense Forces.

Testosterone levels are highest in the morning.

My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.

Boredom is the biggest problem. The same position. Same day of the week. It becomes boring when you don't bring any added flowers home.

Travel has always been one of the best ways to make new memories and reconnect with your loved ones.

I never talk about anything Hollywood or about politics. I will talk about how concerned I am about funding for Planned Parenthood, and how very sad it makes me when I see anything about children being separated from their parents.

You walk into a restaurant these days, and what you see is everyone with their phone next to them. That is terrible. Instead of concentrating on the relationship, on the needs and activities and interests of the other person, they are constantly looking at their phone.

I'm not a type of grandmother sitting in a rocking chair. I'm a lot in the theater. I'm a lot at concerts. I'm a lot at friends.' I like to go out for dinner. I don't have to be home one night a week if I don't want to.

I'm very lucky, because it's a combination of the German, the Hebrew, the Swiss, the French, and that accent helped because as soon as people heard it they knew it was me.

When I was in Switzerland, I still had the fantasy I could have saved my parents and family if I'd stayed in Germany. All nonsense. If they had not made the sacrifice to send their only child to Switzerland, I wouldn't be alive.

My parents sent me to Switzerland on a Kindertransport.

I'm not a sex symbol, at least in the conventional sense.