Pathological Quotes

71 quotes by 62 authors

Alcoholism is a well documented pathological reaction to unresolved grief. — David Cook
The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect. — Rene Dubos
In a word, I consider hospitals only as the entrance to scientific medicine; they are the first field of observation which a physician enters; but… — Claude Bernard
[There] are cases where there is no dishonesty involved but where people are tricked into false results by a lack of understanding about what human… — Irving Langmuir
It is a totally different creativity I am talking about. A Taj Mahal... just watching it on a full moon night, and great meditation is… — Rajneesh
Modern art is childish - not childlike, remember, childish; not innocent but stupid, insane, pathological. We have to get rid of this trend. We have… — Rajneesh
In the dog two conditions were found to produce pathological disturbances by functional interference, namely, an unusually acute clashing of the excitatory and inhibitory processes,… — Ivan Pavlov
Addiction is a relationship, a pathological relationship in which... obsession replaces people. — Patrick Carnes
Dostoyevsky wrote of the unconscious as if it were conscious; that is in reality the reason why his characters seem 'pathological', while they are only… — Edwin Muir
The ordinary patient goes to his doctor because he is in pain or some other discomfort and wants to be comfortable again; he is not… — Wilfred Trotter
It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some… — Anthony Storr
The love of money as a possession-as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life-will be recognized… — John Maynard Keynes
Effects vary with the conditions which bring them to pass, but laws do not vary. Physiological and pathological states are ruled by the same forces;… — Claude Bernard
Racism as a form of skin worship, and as a sickness and a pathological anxiety for America, is so great, until the poor whites --… — Jesse Jackson
I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When I'm with my own thoughts, I start to unravel myself, and I start to… — David Walliams
We're not going to waste our valuable space or your precious energy by giving equal time to stories of tragedy, failure, and tumult. They get… — Rob Brezsny
"I was just like a pathological liar when I was a kid. I think I just wanted to one-up somebody. Somebody would be like, 'Oh,… — Jennifer Lawrence
The hatred Americans have for their own government is pathological ... at one level it is simply thwarted greed: since our religion is making a… — Gore Vidal
We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which has left him… — Christopher Lasch
Today a racist is synonymous with race hatred. Hating someone is a pretty unpleasant thing and few people are capable of hating others. Long-term hatred… — Steve Blake

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