In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic. Ludwig Quidde German Critic More Ludwig Quidde Quotes 1
Physics investigates the essential nature of the world, and biology describes a local bump. Psychology, human psychology, describes a bump on the bump. Willard Van Orman Quine More Willard Van Orman Quine Quotes 0
I published in 1978 a report on dreams in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. It was the first study of its kind to demonstrate that it is possible for people to make constructive use of their dreams to improve their lives. Henry Reed English Writer More Henry Reed Quotes 0
Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusively social; it will involve the same psychology as is applicable in the case of languages. Ferdinand de Saussure Swiss Educator More Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes 0
It is one of the aims of linguistics to define itself, to recognise what belongs within its domain. In those cases where it relies upon psychology, it will do so indirectly, remaining independent. Ferdinand de Saussure Swiss Educator More Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes 0
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one's free will. Edward Sapir American Scientist More Edward Sapir Quotes 0
I couldn't sleep for two years, they tried to break my nerves. They used a lot of psychology to brainwash. Mordechai Vanunu Israeli Scientist More Mordechai Vanunu Quotes 0
The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best. Paul Valery French Poet More Paul Valery Quotes 0
Academic sociologists have been trained to conceive of their discipline - sociology - as the scientific study of society, and to remit to the sister discipline of psychology the study of individuals. Richard Wall British Writer More Richard Wall Quotes 0
For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression. Billy Zane American Actor More Billy Zane Quotes 0
After doing psychology for half a century, my passion for all of it is greater than ever. Philip Zimbardo American Psychologist More Philip Zimbardo Quotes 0
Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology. James Carville American Lawyer More James Carville Quotes 0
Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life. Samuel Alexander Australian Philosopher More Samuel Alexander Quotes 0
Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation assumes upon the different levels of that life. Samuel Alexander Australian Philosopher More Samuel Alexander Quotes 0
I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs. Roger Bannister British Athlete More Roger Bannister Quotes 0
Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are studying the relationship of consciousness to neural and cognitive processes without really trying to reduce it to those processes. David Chalmers American Philosopher More David Chalmers Quotes 0
Anyway, there is a lot of really interesting work going on in the neuroscience and psychology of consciousness, and I would love to see philosophers become more closely involved with this. David Chalmers American Philosopher More David Chalmers Quotes 0
Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been attached to the topic for most of this century. David Chalmers American Philosopher More David Chalmers Quotes 0
The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would from ours; because something that must underlie and perhaps be even greater than sex is involved. John Desmond Bernal Irish Scientist More John Desmond Bernal Quotes 0
The psychology of brutality was worse than the beatings. John Blair American Politician More John Blair Quotes 0
In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of translating it into supposedly analytical vocabulary. Harold Bloom American Critic More Harold Bloom Quotes 0
I printed a list of Irish names from the Internet and my husband, Dave, saw Finley on the list. I really liked it but didn't want to scare Dave off with my enthusiasm. So I used a little reverse psychology and let him think it was his idea. Holly Marie Combs American Actress More Holly Marie Combs Quotes 0
I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such. Dane Cook American Comedian More Dane Cook Quotes 0
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort. Mason Cooley American Writer More Mason Cooley Quotes 0
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations. Jacques Yves Cousteau French Explorer More Jacques Yves Cousteau Quotes 0