Causes Quote by George Carlin

I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.

— Anonymous

I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter.

— Steven Wright

“For people who are depressed, and especially for those who do not receive enough benefit from medication of for whom the side effects of…

— Irving Kirsch

“When people think about a placebo such as the royal touch, they usually dismiss it as "just psychology." But, there is nothing "just" about…

— Dan Ariely

Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works!

— Matthieu Ricard

It's known that stress gives rise to disease. It's also known that many diseases, especially stress-related diseases, can be cured by placebos - pills…

— Richard Dawkins

A placebo is a phony cure that works. This is very hard for the medical profession to get their teeth around because they hate…

— Charles Jencks

“When conventional medicine fails, when we must confront pain and death, of course we are open to other prospects for hope. And, after all,…

— Carl Sagan

There is a major problem with reliance on placebos, like most vitamins and antioxidants. Everyone gets upset about Big Science, Big Pharma, but they…

— Michael Specter

There is one basic cause of all effects.

— Giordano Bruno

“It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos.”

— John McClenahan

I'm addicted to placebos.

— Steven Wright