Dysfunction Quotes · Page 2

Pick a dysfunction and it's a family problem.

— Robert Downey, Jr

“He has a reptile dysfunction.”

— Jodi Picoult

“One needn't stop dysfunction; just evince and reflect.”

— Andy Harglesis

Can true function arise from basic dysfunction?

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Everybody has some dysfunction in their families.

— Hillary Clinton

“Change is threatening to the status quo.”

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

“My family may be dysfunctional, but I think it’s pretty functional in its dysfunction.”

— Amanda Torrey

“They'd been playing house, but it wasn't a game either of them liked.”

— Melanie Golding

“Dysfunction comes when we intertwine the church and God and view them as one.”

— Randy Elrod

Acting came from growing up in dysfunction. I mean, a lot of great times, but a lot of dysfunction.

— Viola Davis

I was born an emotional tampon in a cauldron of dysfunction.

— Dana Gould

Marriage is designed to pull dysfunction to the surface of our lives, set it on fire and help us grow.

— Tyler Ward

My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other.

— Edgar Bronfman, Sr

The common ingredient in every single dysfunction is an issue of power.

— Caroline Myss

You can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it. The mind in itself is a wonderful…

— Anonymous

“... I slipped our wicker bed and walked the sands where we were also roughly repeated: some young couple, "you did," "I…

— Albert Goldbarth

“Teenagers can spot hypocrisy a mile away and here I was telling them how to cope when they witnessed the shambles of…

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

There is so much chaos and dysfunction going on with the federal government that Dallas can't wait any longer for federal help.

— Laura Miller

Instead, we have found ourselves gasping for air in a sea of corruption, dysfunction, environmental degradation, waste, disenchantment and inequality—and the harder…

— Margaret Heffernan

“Most intelligent men and women like to go forth into the world and stalk their own prey, choose their own mirrors of…

— Laurie Viera Rigler

“Communication is a sign of dysfunction. It means people aren’t working together in a close, organic way. We should be trying to…

— Brad Stone

Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“If you should choose to look at those files, you will have to live with the consequences of your choices while, at…

— Donna K. Childree

An abundance of peer-reviewed science is showing that a whole foods, plant-based diet prevents most heart attacks, strokes, and even many kinds…

— Kathy Freston

I felt it [Shakespeare's Coriolanus] is sort of an examination of our dysfunction as a nationalistic, tribal entities. I think the world…

— Ralph Fiennes

If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get…

— Mary Karr

I've said that we're going to produce real results for the American people because so many Americans feel left out and left…

— Hillary Clinton

I think people are frustrated with dysfunction, not just dysfunction in government, but a lot of dysfunction that surrounds them. I get…

— John Kasich

“that accompany this condition—the lack of theory of mind, executive dysfunction, and weak central coherence. There are also a host of other…

— Jeannie Davide-Rivera

The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate…

— Henry Louis Gates

“Arthur Kleinman explains, “We learn how to identify and react to pain, how to label and communicate dysfunction” (Klienman, **). He explains…

— Shan

I totally bristle against words like "dysfunction" or "abuse."

— Justin Torres

“Children develop dysfunction when their development is disrupted.”

— Gunda Frey

“Boundaries represent awareness, knowing what the limits are and then respecting those limits.”

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.

— Janice Dickinson

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.

— Eckhart Tolle

I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and…

— Kara DioGuardi

In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues…

— Eden Robinson

I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished…

— Laura Hillenbrand

Bob Dole is going to be appearing in a Pepsi commercial with Britney Spears. Yeah, apparently Dole says that if this doesn't…

— Conan O'Brien