Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American psychologist Joy Browne.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Joy Browne, also known as Dr. Joy, was an American talk show host, specializing in advice counselling. She hosted a nationally syndicated call-in talk show for several decades, heard on numerous radio stations in the U.S. and Canada.
The American notion of family is perhaps the most romanticized, deep-rooted, and misery-producing fantasy of the last hundred years.
Adulthood was invented to repair the wounds of childhood.
When a guy says, "Don't make a fuss over my birthday," he means "Don't make a fuss over my birthday". When we say "Don't make a fuss over my birthday," we mean "Give me a surprise party. Do something lavish. Just don't tell everyone my age."
In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating (and auditioning means we may or may not get the part).
Most of sex is psychological - most of it is between our ears and not between our legs.
Sex is meant to be, if not addictive, at least a very compelling behavior.
Once you become aware of what means the most to you, you're less likely to put off something that's really valuable for something that matters much less... it's knowing the difference between what's important and what isn't that allows us to solve problems effectively.
We've turned into a nation of mothers to our men. I think it's a dreadful mistake that doesn't benefit anybody.
If we give up the notion that everybody’s life is perfect but ours, we would be a lot happier. Nobody’s life is perfect.
Take your hurt feelings and channel them into political activism.
Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.
It's not unusual for kids in their twenties to be mad at their parents.
You're much more interesting when you're online - all of us are.
It is a lot harder to put something back together than to keep it running.
You don't need a reason to divorce someone you can't stand.
Charity always feels better to the donor than to the recipient.
Infidelity, cheating is the easiest, stupidest, dumbest thing you can do.
It does no good to be right, if what you're craving is wrong.
When in doubt, do the obvious.
The thing about sex is not that you're naked physically, but if you do it right, that you're naked emotionally.
Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing.
A dedication to perfection means that we are doomed always to be just a heartbeat way - from exposure. Perfection is unchanging; lives are ongoing.
How do you take something and make it special? The answer is a lot of hard work and a great deal of imagination.
You can certainly go to war about it, but to me it seems pointless.
She's an idiot. She's looking at life through a selfish, lusty haze.
Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events.
Sex is ... scratching an itch Everything else is something we project on a very simple act. It's the psychology, not the biology, that's complicated.