--- title: "11 Brad Blanton Quotes - Famous Psychotherapist" description: "American politician. Browse 11 Brad Blanton quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b108/author-brad-blanton-40507.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b108/author-brad-blanton-40507.jpg) # Brad Blanton (1940) Psychotherapist **11** quotes in **95** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Brad Blanton is a psychotherapist. ## Quick Facts About Brad Blanton Born September 4, 1940 Profession Psychotherapist ## About Brad Blanton American politician. ## Quotes by Brad Blanton > [“A mind is a terrible thing; waste it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-waste-it/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Ego](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ego/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/brad-blanton-40507_ego_a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-waste-it-1678_1678703.png) > [Love is when you let someone be the way they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/love-is-when-you-let-someone-be-the-way-they-are/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/brad-blanton-40507_inspirational_love-is-when-you-let-someone-be-the-way_1357650.png) > [“Climate is what we expect. Weather is what we get." Robert A. Heinlein”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/climate-is-what-we-expect-weather-is-what-we-get-robert-a-heinlein/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/brad-blanton-40507_climate_climate-is-what-we-expect-weather-is-wha_3124018.png) > [Most of us would rather kill ourselves than be, particularly if who we think we are keeps dying. Many of us do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/most-of-us-would-rather-kill-ourselves-than-be-particularly-if-who-we/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/brad-blanton-40507_death_most-of-us-would-rather-kill-ourselves-t_72333.png) > [Yesterday's truth is today's bullshit. Even yesterday's liberating insight is today's jail of stale explanation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/yesterday-s-truth-is-today-s-bullshit-even-yesterday-s-liberating/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Bullshit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/brad-blanton-40507_bullshit_yesterday-s-truth-is-today-s-bullshit-ev_5157.png) > [“Catholic education and law schools provide me with a lot of miserable people as psychotherapy clients. I should be grateful. These people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/catholic-education-and-law-schools-provide-me-with-a-lot-of-miserable/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Catholic education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/brad-blanton-40507_catholic-education_catholic-education-and-law-schools-provi_2559620.png) > [Tell the truth. All the time. About everything. What's the alternative to radical honesty? Waste. Wasted time, wasted money, wasted possibilities-a wasted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/tell-the-truth-all-the-time-about-everything-what-s-the-alternative/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Alternatives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternatives/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/brad-blanton-40507_alternatives_tell-the-truth-all-the-time-about-everyt_1041993.png) > [Life goes on and the truth changes; this just happens to be the way life is. What was once true is often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/life-goes-on-and-the-truth-changes-this-just-happens-to-be-the-way/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Bullshit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/brad-blanton-40507_bullshit_life-goes-on-and-the-truth-changes-this_2382774.png) > [The reason for forgiving your enemies is not for their benefit but for your own benefit. Holding grudges against other people doesn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/the-reason-for-forgiving-your-enemies-is-not-for-their-benefit-but/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Benefits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benefits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/brad-blanton-40507_benefits_the-reason-for-forgiving-your-enemies-is_989082.jpg) > [The best people in a dying culture are the outcasts considered crazy by the leaders; the ones most disillusioned with their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/the-best-people-in-a-dying-culture-are-the-outcasts-considered-crazy/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Attachment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attachment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/brad-blanton-40507_attachment_the-best-people-in-a-dying-culture-are-t_1504124.png) > [“According to Hugh Thomas, author of 'A History of the World', the greatest medical advance in history has been garbage collection. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/according-to-hugh-thomas-author-of-a-history-of-the-world-the/) [Brad Blanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/) [Around the corner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around-the-corner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/brad-blanton-40507_around-the-corner_according-to-hugh-thomas-author-of-a-his_2414384.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-blanton/#itemlist", "name": "Brad Blanton Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A mind is a terrible thing; waste it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Blanton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-waste-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/brad-blanton-40507_ego_a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-waste-it-1678_1678703.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/brad-blanton-40507_ego_a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-waste-it-1678_1678703.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/brad-blanton-40507_ego_a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-waste-it-1678_1678703.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A mind is a terrible thing; waste it.” — Brad Blanton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is when you let someone be the way they are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Blanton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-blanton/love-is-when-you-let-someone-be-the-way-they-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/brad-blanton-40507_inspirational_love-is-when-you-let-someone-be-the-way_1357650.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/brad-blanton-40507_inspirational_love-is-when-you-let-someone-be-the-way_1357650.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/brad-blanton-40507_inspirational_love-is-when-you-let-someone-be-the-way_1357650.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is when you let someone be the way they are.” — Brad Blanton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Climate is what we expect. 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