Quotes tagged ‘neurotic’

(7 total)

“Yeah, I don’t focus on my accomplishments, I focus on things I haven’t done yet. Extremely neurotic.”

“I enjoy doing the radio show every day. But the neurotic attention I devote to it and the inability to get rid of that insecurity is very fatiguing for me.”

— Howard Stern, rollingstone.com

“Lydia: They don't wanna come down. Delia: Charles... Otho: Why not? Lydia: I think the reason is, is that they were trying to scare you away, and you didn't get scared. Delia: Please, they're dead. It's a little late to be neurotic.”

— Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren, Lydia Deetz, Winona Ryder, imdb.com

“Murdock: TRAAAAAASH BAGS! I want TRAAAAAASH BAGS! [gets one and stops shouting] Psychiatrist: We give him one, and he shuts up for a couple of hours. Face: Hmmm. Interesting. If I could talk to him, I might be able to determine if it's a genuine neurotic fixation or if our boy is trying to section e…”

— Stephen J. Cannell, 'Howling Mad' Murdock, Dwight Schultz, imdb.com

“An individual who is afraid to go outdoors for fear of being hit by a meteorite is generally regarded as neurotic. Such worry is unreasonable, we think, because being hit by a meteorite, while quite possible, is an exceedingly rare event. Being struck by lightning is also rare, but it is more likely…”

— Robert Hooke, amazon.com

“I tell you, when she threw that toupee out the window, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I feel like my old self again. Totally inadequate, completely insecure, paranoid, neurotic, it's a pleasure.”

— Carol Leifer, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“One mother was nurturing while the other was neurotic; one father was missing -- the eternal mystery -- while the other, who wasn't my father but the one I called Daddy, was around. He was a good man who liked his liquor.”

— Etta James, amazon.com