The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Bad art is maintained by the neurotic, who is deadly afraid of authentic art because it inspires him to go on living,… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Ben Stiller isn't funny - honest. Ben Stiller is very funny, and smart, and cute, too, in a neurotic, New York kind… — Manohla Dargis Copy Share Image
I'm very neurotic and self-conscious. So I think that I'll know when I'm becoming a dick and believing my own press. — Andrew Garfield Copy Share Image
I've been neurotic in my life; I've had neurotic relationships with men. What else is new? But you really have to learn… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
Death cures psychoneurosis. In a sense all these neurotic concerns--fear of rejection, interpersonal concerns--seem to melt away, and people get another perspective… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
If something isn't working out in one aspect of my career, it's not any big neurotic, crazy phase for me, it's just… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
A woman has got to be able to say, and not feel guilty, 'Who am I, and what do I want out… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
It is one of the triumphs of human wit ... to conquer by humility and submissiveness ... to make oneself small in… — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
I think people are used to people in show business having a lot of hubris. I think I have a normal amount… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I don’t like doing interviews. I’m not pretending to be some super neurotic, hiding in my closet. I could care less about… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
8. Fact: It is a bad idea to date a known cheater, because even if he doesn't cheat on you, you will… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
There is a tendency to consider anything in human behavior that is unusual, not well known, or not well understood, as neurotic,… — Alfred Kinsey Copy Share Image
We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I think with comedy I get very sort of critical of myself and try and do the best I can and it… — Elisha Cuthbert Copy Share Image
Part of my reaction to my diagnosis of infertility was deeply sarcastic and critical, part of it was morbid, part of it… — Monica Youn Copy Share Image
Often we take personally the slings and arrows of our 'abusers'. But frequently we are merely the interchangeable pawns of their own… — Brian Weiss Copy Share Image
Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer,… — William Hurt Copy Share Image
There is a whole generation of women and it was as if their lives came to a stop when they had children.… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
First of all, I really appreciate what I've got and I know that we're all sort of on borrowed time. I think… — Dr. Luke Copy Share Image
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
“In fact, the most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved,… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Musicians, actors, writers - we're all neurotic, odd people who've lucked into accidental careers. So I just don't like being around public… — Moby Copy Share Image
And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television… — Jenna Elfman Copy Share Image
The true believer is in a high degree protected against the danger of certain neurotic afflictions; by accepting the universal neurosis he… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
When I am writing, even though it's hard and I do struggle often, I am happier than when I'm not writing. I… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me… — Ridley Pearson Copy Share Image
If a person is open to a new world view, it can often mean that he is not firmly rooted in the… — William Irwin Thompson Copy Share Image
I actually don't like westerns much. I like good westerns, but it isn't my preferred genre. There are all kinds of westerns:… — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
Are you seeing a psychiatrist?' as a conversation opener would nowadays earn you a punch in the nose, but for fifty years… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
An innings of neurotic violence, of eccentric watchfulness, of brainless impetuosity and incontinent savagery - it was an extraordinary innings, a masterpiece… — Simon Barnes Copy Share Image
Reason flows from the blending of rational thought and feeling. If the two functions are torn apart, thinking deteriorates into schizoid intellectual… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by… — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
There are days that I get neurotic with the instrument [violin]. Every little adjustment will change the balance for good or for… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
Existential anxiety of doubt drives the person toward the creation of certitude of systems of meaning, which are supported by tradition and… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
My only complaint with 'Dickie' Bird is that he requires a degree of certainty that is almost neurotic; like the man who… — Mike Brearley Copy Share Image