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Joyce Brothers
1927 – 2013 • American • Psychologist
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Showing 30 quotesVirginity is such a personal thing. You can't judge anyone on it. A lot of young women feel they want to save themselves for the man who they think they'll love forever.— Joyce Brothers
For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.— Joyce Brothers
I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.— Joyce Brothers
The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.— Joyce Brothers
I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.— Joyce Brothers
If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.— Joyce Brothers
Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There is no convincing anyone of anything before 10 A.M.— Joyce Brothers
The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.— Joyce Brothers
I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.— Joyce Brothers
Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this and is sensitive to that issue.— Joyce Brothers
Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.— Joyce Brothers
No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.— Joyce Brothers
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.— Joyce Brothers
As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.— Joyce Brothers
I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.— Joyce Brothers
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Work
Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.— Joyce Brothers
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Thankful