E. Joseph Cossman Quotes

No, I happen to be one of those people whose memory shuts down under pressure. The answers would come to me in the middle of the night in my sleep! Besides, I am a millionaire.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Why is it that I can remember so easily the lyrics to the opening theme song of 'Gilligan's Island?' Why do I remember these trivial things, and I can't remember the names of important collaborators?

Recalling, for me, is a great way of living, so not to forget.

Ever since I was a little girl, I've worried too much. It always bothers me because sometimes you end up worrying more about the worry and you are not resolving things that are right there in front of you. I have been like that all my life, and it's hard to change.

I've noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don't want to happen.

Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries.

Memory isn't a theme; it's part of the human condition.

I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.

When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.

I don't like to be afraid. I'm afraid every day, all the time.

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can't stop thinking about things all the time. And here's the really destructive part - it's always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done.

I have a great memory.

I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.

Being nervous is a waste of time.

I can barely remember what I was like 36 years ago when I was 21 years old.

Planning and worrying and chaos in your mind? Forget it. What's the point of that?

I can't waste more time worrying unless something surfaces that should legitimately cause fear.

Am I an anxious guy? I think I have been called upon as an actor a lot to access emotions like that. But I don't really think I am a big worrier. I don't see myself like that. But I guess other people do. Which is maybe worrying in itself.

The memory loss made me jittery at times.

I am a very neurotic person all the time.

I'm a fairly neurotic person.

My teammates will tell you I find it hard to remember what happened two weeks earlier, let alone what happened a decade and a half back.

Worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.