David D. Burns Quotes

Cognitive therapy is based on the idea that when you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel and behave. In other words, if we can learn to think about other people in a more positive and realistic way, it will be far easier to resolve conflicts and develop rewarding personal and professional relationships.

David D. Burns

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Work is no longer challenging.

John Belushi

WorkLongerChallenging

It's easy enough to get into power. You can make promises and try to be all things to all people. But the moment you have to make decisions, you're going to annoy at least half of them. Whatever you do, in the end you're almost certain to be brought down by your own character traits.

Robert Harris

CharacterPowerMomentPeopleEnd

There's nothing better than home-grown, chemical-free fruits and vegetables.

Stana Katic

BetterVegetablesNothingFruits

Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press? I don't get it.

Steven Wright

PermanentGetPressNoticeHowEver

Show me what society that ever existed that did not use the tools that they had available. Ask any person from East Germany... you will never hear somebody say, 'The Stasi never bothered me because I didn't have anything to hide.' That's not a thing that people say.

Trevor Paglen

PeopleMeSocietyToolsYouHide

If you live around dummies and fake blood for six months, it becomes a part of you. It's fake blood, but sometimes I still feel the real scent of blood, so it's more mentally collapsing, not only physical.

Min-sik Choi

LiveFakeFeelYouSometimesBlood

Large-caps were safe in 1996, '97, '98. Everybody was buying index funds and Nifty Fifty funds. As long as money was pouring in, it was great.

Louis Navellier

GreatMoneyLongSafeFiftyBuying

You're smarter than TV. So what?

Douglas Coupland

YouSmarterThanTV

I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That's not to say you don't make mistakes or make bad choices, but that's part of the art. Painters paint bad paintings.

Christopher Meloni

LoveArtMistakesChoicesGrowHelp

With three kids, it was always very, very tight, and it was always a scramble for what was my next job. So I learned never to go into debt because I don't want those monthly payments to preoccupy my thoughts.

William Shatner

JobThoughtsGoThreeWantNever

I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.

Shakira

LoveCreativeGradesAlwaysGot

What I think is key is everybody has to approach a relationship from a realistic standpoint. Everybody has stuff in the back of a trunk. The key is what kind of stuff can you deal with. There are some women who can deal with a relationship that I can't.

Tia Mowry

WomenRelationshipThinkKeyYou

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