Jacques Lacan Quotes

The sufferings of neurosis and psychosis are for us a schooling in the passions of the soul, just as the beam of the psychoanalytic scales, when we calculate the tilt of its threat to entire communities, provides us with an indication of the deadening of the passions in society.

Jacques Lacan

Quotes to Explore

Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.

Gary Wolf
- Hand
- Skills
- Balancing
All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.

Ian Holm
- Acting
- Role
- Performances
Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.

Karl Popper
- Technology
- Engineering
I don't like to read reviews. Even the good ones you start to analyze: 'Oh, did I do that? I have to make sure I do that again.'

Faith Prince
- Good
- You
- Start
People tend to associate fairies with princesses, but they couldn't be more different. Princesses have dynastic and domestic pressures, and they get parked on glass hills. Fairies don't have families. They don't clean or cook. They sip nectar from flowers and dance by the light of the moon.

Laura Amy Schlitz
- People
- Different
- Light
I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.

Rachelle Lefevre
- Water
- Always
- Drink