Keith Ablow quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Keith Ablow

Keith Ablow Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Keith Ablow on Wise Famous Quotes.

The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.'
That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.

There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257)

What was it about not knowing a person that allowed you to wonder whether she might be the answer to all your problems?

Everyone - rich or poor, black or white, educated or not - is in emotional turmoil, in some sort of pain. (51)

Everything terrible is something that needs our love. - Rilke (231)

Loving anyone, anywhere, at any time, leaves you infinitely vulnerable at every single moment.

What about my rights? What about a person's privacy? Did all that just go to hell after 9/11?

Maybe learning to be human was about learning to live in pain, not trying to figure out how to live pain-free. (156)

You've got to think of every talent you have, every gift you could give the world around you. And you've got to take the chance of giving it. (246)

He started to feel for himself, which is the only way to start feeling for others. (24)

Nothing overdone, nothing racy, which made her all the more alluring.

Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)

People react predictably, especially when they don't have time to think.

The good guys had to operate on a higher level than the killers
just for society to keep track of who was who.

When people can do something simple to avoid conflict
say, hit a button or unlock a latch
they'll generally do it.

I figured anybody who talked about church as much as she did was using it a little like cocaine anyhow.

The irrational thoughts were the ones with the power to burn holes in your gut.

Deep down, everyone wants the truth.

The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty.

Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay.

But insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly.

Relationships are never chance events.

Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger
frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it.

For a psychiatrist to be any good, he has to be willing to corner you, close off the easy exits, even when it hurts. It's supposed to. (46)

A jealous husband is an ugly thing.

But that's the hardest part of healing.'
What?'
Realizing there's no one to hate.

If you're going to have 19 children, you should supervise them well.

I think men should be able to veto women's abortions if they're willing to care for the child after it's born.

Sometimes when you push someone, you find out who that person really is.

People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.

The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain.