Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers
Joyce Diane Brotherswas an American psychologist, television personality and columnist, who wrote a daily newspaper advice column from 1960 to 2013. In 1955, she became the only woman ever to win the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question, answering questions on the topic of boxing, which was suggested as a stunt by the show's producers. In 1958, she presented a television show on which she dispensed psychological advice, pioneering the field. She wrote a column for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth20 September 1927
CountryUnited States of America
Women do not dress specifically for men or against other women. They dress for their subconscious.
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.
Hunches are a kind of subterranean logic shorthand.
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.
A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway.
I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.
Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.
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.
The need to connect with one another intimately is what makes and keeps us human. The challenge throughout life is to find the courage to reach out to potential partners when our primary relationship ends and to recharge our tried-and-true unions when their sizzle starts to fizzle.
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.
The best of all possible marriages is a seesaw in which first one, then the other partner is dominant.
Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.
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.
Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success.