Quotes from Joyce Brothers

There is such a thing as bad publicity.

A woman should never underestimate the power of the child in the man. Sometimes the child seems to be in the driver's seat at the very moment when all a man's adult judgment and insight is needed.

Any man who watches more than three consecutive football games on TV in one day can be declared legally dead.

Scientists still know less about what attracts men than they do about what attracts mosquitoes.

Women do not dress specifically for men or against other women. They dress for their subconscious.

Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this and is sensitive to that issue.

For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.

There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

Women who are confident of their abilities are more likely to succeed than those who lack confidence, even though the latter may be much more competent and talented and industrious.

Happiness hides in life's small details. If you're not looking, it becomes invisible.

I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.

Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the crudest words.

No matter how lovesick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along!

As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.

The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary - to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.

If we did get a divorce, the only way my husband would find out about it is if they announced it on Wide World of Sports.

When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

In each of us there are places we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.