Top 85 Quotes & Sayings by Joyce Brothers - Page 2

... no matter how great the differences are between men and women, the differences among members of the same sex are usually equally great if not greater.

Women do not dress specifically for men or against other women. They dress for their subconscious.

Women who are confident of their abilities are more likely to succeed than those who lack confidence, even though the latter may be much more competent and talented and industrious.

I have emerged from the tunnel of grief into the light. Life is better. Not the same, but good and getting better all the time.

A woman should never underestimate the power of the child in the man. Sometimes the child seems to be in the driver's seat at the very moment when all a man's adult judgment and insight is needed.

If we did get a divorce, the only way my husband would find out about it is if they announced it on Wide World of Sports.

Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success.

When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window.

Those who are the most happy appear to know it the least; happiness is something that for the most part seems to mainly consist in not knowing it.

Men have two basic needs. Neither of them, no matter what they say, is sex. They need love and they need work. And work takes priority over love. If a woman could know only one fact about men and work, it should be that work is the most seductive mistress most men ever have.

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.

Strong families use the word "we" a lot, but "I" is never forgotten. Family members know they have the freedom to go off on their own, even if the direction is one that "we" have never followed before. The family message is, "We're behind you, so you can be you."

It is a man's world at the top, at the bottom, and in between. Men are in the catbird seat as far as income, opportunity, status, and power are concerned. This is the way it always has been and, as far as men are concerned, it is the way it always should be.

If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.

Whatever a man thinks about sex, you can be sure that he thinks about sex almost constantly.

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.

For some reason, we see divorce as a signal of failure, despite the fact that each of us has a right, and an obligation, to rectify any other mistake we make in life.

Sex and love are like tea and milk. They can be mixed or they can be taken straight. Each has certain distinctive characteristics, but when they are combined they form a unique substance.

Love, real love, is not simply a state of bliss. It is an ever-changing state, the result of time and emotional development, of trust and commitment.

Scientists still know less about what attracts men than they do about what attracts mosquitoes.

Hunches are a kind of subterranean logic shorthand.

No matter how lovesick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along!

A person's self-concept is the core of his personality.

Music is stored in our long-term memory. When we learn something through music, we tend to remember it longer and believe it more deeply. Dr. Joyce Brothers