Joyce Brothers

Who was Joyce Brothers?

Joyce Diane Brothers was an American psychologist, television personality and columnist, who wrote a daily newspaper advice column from 1960 to 2013. In 1955, she became the only woman ever to win the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question, answering questions on the topic of boxing, which was suggested as a stunt by the show's producers. In 1958, she presented a television show on which she dispensed psychological advice, pioneering the field. She wrote a column for Good Housekeeping for almost forty years and became, according to The Washington Post, the "face of American psychology". Brothers appeared in dozens of television roles, usually as herself, but from the 1970s onward she accepted roles portraying fictional characters, often self-parodies.

Radio therapist Laura Schlessinger credited Brothers with making psychology "accessible".

Famous Quotes:

• Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
• Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.
• Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.
• If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.
• Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
• Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.
• Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.
• The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.
• Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.
• Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.