Quotes About Psychology

Psychologists have suggested we have two systems of thinking, one intuitive and one analytical, both of which can lead us to make serious cognitive mistakes.

Love is a kind of symptom that arises through the repression of libido.

But if you wanted to replicate the working of the human brain, you had to intimately understand your model. AI, in other words, required psychology. The engineers read Freud, just like the literary critics—and reinterpreted him for their own purposes. They debated Chomsky about the nature of the mind.

Selfishness is one of the surest signs of profound unhappiness.

At least descriptive psychology is probably, taken as a whole, a form of anthropomorphism, a nibbling at our own limits.

Kafka's fiction examines a universe largely unexplored in the literature preceding him, one full of implications that venture into the remote regions of human psychology. It's a universe with different rules than those governing our reality. And there's no map.

It's only in dreams that I am so sinister.

Ein Buch muß die Axt sein für das gefrorene Meer in uns." — Franz Kafka

I can't get into the underlying psyche of someone like Robin Williams, but he was at that level of fame where he was somewhat self-protective.

I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know.

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

I enjoy dating. I love first dates. I think they're incredibly fascinating studies in human psychology. When you sit down across from someone on a first date and things are going alright, you talk objectives. We want to win each other over, so how do you win someone over? You have to put the best foot forward.

Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.

There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.

I think windows are really important for the psychological health of crew members on long duration missions. It is nice to look outside, even if it is dark.

I took up French boys and wine and I studied psychology.

No amount of prep-work, mental strength or advice from former contestants or winners can actually get you ready for life inside the Bigg Boss' house.

The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.

Lotteries are just one way to provide positive reinforcement. Their power comes from the fact that the chance of winning the prize is overvalued.

My favorite poker game is No Limit Texas Hold 'Em.

I wanted to write about relationships. But I didn't feel I had the experience to sing about them in a deep way. Studying psychology helped me out in terms of my understanding. I still look through my old textbooks when I'm in need of inspiration.

I practice wearapy: it is a psychology between colour and texture. Take your emotions - what is it that you want to accomplish for the rest of the day? Pick that feeling and channel it into a colour.

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where when you do the research and you explore the psyche of a character, where she's been, where she is and where she's going.