Richard Linklater Quotes

My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

I like understanding what's underneath, what's really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.

I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.

One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.

I'm somebody who's super into psychology and analysis and the human psyche and the human experience.

Any human being is this wonderful conglomeration of experiences and behaviors, if you like - some of them healthy, some of them not so healthy.

Whenever I'm trying to understand people that I don't understand, or things in people or even in myself, I'll say, 'When did this negativity get here?' I try to think back to how I was raised to deal with things, and then consider how the person that I'm dealing with grew up.

I studied psychology in school, and I learned how to understand people's feelings, how to get along with people and relate to people.

Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, whereas consciousness is the ability to feel things such as pain, joy, love, and anger. Throughout history, intelligence always went hand in hand with consciousness.

Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's bombardment, the one medicine, the one instrument by which liberty, health, and joy may be shaped . . . in the individual, and in the race.

Call me boring, but I can't handle negative situations.

Our mental skills expert Gilbert Enoka is just amazing the work he does.

I'd make a good psychiatrist. I can work people out very easily and very quickly. I've been like that since childhood.

I'm interested in psychology and how your surroundings can influence your character, and because of that, I think I try and take the very best from a situation, good or bad, and constantly work on myself.

Until you solve problems like fear individually, resolve why individuals feel the need to believe in whatever, there's really no point in organizations, in things that turn the world into a concept rather than an individual fact.

Oh, I'm a psychology nerd; I love to learn about why people behave the way they do, how experiences influence us.

Emotions are core to everything we do.

I taught myself German and psychology. Learning about psychology really helped me understand myself and the others around me and it helped keep me sane.

Guess what? Human beings are complex.

The way you think influences the way you feel, and the way you feel determines how you act.

Subconsciously - I didn't know it then, I realize it today when I know a little bit more about the mind and the brain - I fought like I didn't deserve to live.

Let's teach boys at school the personally and economically valuable skills of self-expression and emotional intelligence, of mediation and problem-solving.

The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.

This idea of bringing awareness to our lives seems like a good idea, right? We'll gain a productive, enjoyable, reflective life and be able to extend compassion, empathy, and joy to others. That seems like a pretty good deal.