Joyce Brothers Quotes

I've always said if I'm winning at one thing, I'm failing at another.

You can't have it all, all at once. Who - man or woman - has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

I love my personal life and having a social life. And I didn't ever want to have to compromise.

Working hard is a great way to impact the world, to learn, to grow, to feel accomplished, and sometimes even to find happiness, but it becomes a problem when you do so at the expense of the people closest to you.

I worked with John, but I had enough sense to walk just a little ways behind him. I could have made more records, but I wanted to have a marriage.

Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what you want.

You can be right or you can be happy.

Success takes us to the top and away from those we love.

Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.

Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.

They say, all you need is love. But what is better? Finding love, even if you don't have enough money? Or is money important, even if you don't have time to find love?

Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.

If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy.

What's the secret to such a long and happy relationship? I don't know. Maybe because I work a lot.

One may gain one truth at the expense of another.

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

A miracle... my biggest accomplishment is my marriage so far. Because it's hard, everyone knows it's hard.

I wouldn't change being married. It was good for me, and I was happy for a period of time, and I learned a lot about myself.

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.

It's about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else.

I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage.

Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently it's the most difficult thing in the world.

When something's got to give, family always wins. I couldn't live with myself if it was the other way.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.