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David Levy
20 quotes
“Insight is the booby prize of life.”
David Levy (born 1954) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tools of Critical Thinking: Metathoughts for Psychology (1997)
“There are only three things needed to eliminate human misery. Unfortunately, nobody knows what they are.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The human capacity for denial and rationalization is always shocking, but never surprising.”
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“Intuition is usually the first word, and is sometimes the last word, but should never be the only word.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would do anything to keep indulging...including quitting indulging.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nowadays, the absence of catastrophic news is great news.”
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“Don’t worry, there will always be something to worry about.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When a psychoanalyst takes on the role of a blank screen, all he really learns is how the patient responds to people who try to act like they’re a blank screen.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When it’s bad, I get depressed; when it’s good, I get nervous.”
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“Social psychology is the scientific study of the obvious, which invariably leads to conflicting results.”
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“Facts are like kryptonite to teenagers.”
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“To the optimist, pessimists are neurotic; to the pessimist, optimists are deluded.”
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“There are two types of people in this world — those who think that there are two types of people in this world, and those who don’t.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I used to fear that taking medication would change my personality; now I fear that it won’t.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To be neurotic is to spend one’s life perpetually replacing one worry with the next.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Things could always be worse. In fact, the overwhelming odds are that they will be.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All’s well that changes least.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Emotion trumps logic.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Winning isn’t as fun as losing is miserable.”
David Levy (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It always is...until it's not.”
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