Oliver James Quotes & Sayings

Neurosis is the rule, not the exception', and grasping this can help us to see that we are not alone. It is also the starting point for understanding what went wrong and learning that we have a choice: we can simply re-enact the past, or we can rewrite the script. — Oliver James

Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for — Oliver James

Friend, you're HOPELESSLY hooked! — Oliver James

I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies. — Oliver James

This and countless later experiences working in and around the world of "shrinks" and the mentally ill has led me to the conclusion that overinterpretation of human psychology can be inadvisable. My favorite Freud joke has him sitting in his gentlemen's club in Vienna after dinner, enjoying a cigar. A hostile colleague wanders up and says, "That's a big, fat, long cigar, Professor Freud," to which Freud replies, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. — Oliver James

Quite apart from our desire to avoid destroying the planet or economic meltdown, I offer another reason to position cooperation at the heart of our political economy: it will mean we are more likely to live sane, fruitful lives — Oliver James

Music is my higher power — Oliver James

backing down can become a way of life — Oliver James

Why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out — Oliver James

Never fear the golding of a sunset. It means more than just the closing of another day. But marks the brightness of a new dawn. — Oliver James