Quotes About Psychology

A writer must learn to be comfortable with buried, shadowy currents deep in the mind, those that form dreams & make hidden connections.

Psychoanalysts learn a great deal about patients by listening to their humor. And you can learn a great deal about your own psychological makeup by constantly asking yourself (and answering truthfully), Why did I laugh at this joke and not at others?

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

I'm pretty private about my neuroses. You're not neurotic if you talk to yourself - everyone does - you're only neurotic if you hear an answer.

Germans respond well to lies. At least, they always have historically.

Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.

I was often getting hired to play sociopaths and psychopaths and stuff, which is really funny.

Funny people don't really laugh very much.

A Canadian psychologist is selling a video that teaches you how to test your dog's IQ. Here's how it works: if you spend $12.99 for the video, your dog is smarter than you.

Being funny is a symptom of what's underneath. You're pumping out all that energy because something else is going on inside you, some opposing force, something uncomfortable.

It's funny how human beings are so entertained by crimes.

It's always funny to find what people's button is.

As a general comment on baseball:"90% of the game is half mental."

Trust her we girls are two sheets short of psycho when it comes to our special little time.

She had yet to actually call him by his real name. The psychologist in him had all kinds of theories as to why. The man in him wanted to hear her say it. Just once.

I don't think I'm crazy, but then again, define crazy.

We're clear, " she said. "You're kind of a psycho. I get that

It is only by making the past alive again for a person that a true growth in the present is facilitated. If the past is cut off, the future does not exist.

You can tell a person's past, present and future by listening to the words they use.

On the other hand, permanent causes produce helplessness far into the future, and universal causes spread helplessness through all your endeavors.

Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist.

The goal of inner work is to help clients unblock their bottlenecks and learn how to live in partnership with the unconscious rather than at its mercy.

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course...the space between your ears.