A biography for Ruth Westheimerhasn’t been written yet.
“I have in my bones, and in my blood, the knowledge that you have to help the people who are persecuted.”
“I was 50 when I had my first show, so I was never on television with a short skirt or decollete; I never tried to look or be younger.”
“I certainly believe in equal rights.”
“German Jews don't show their emotions in public.”
“The most important thing for my father was learning. Because nobody can take that away from you.”
“I may have been on the cover of People and gone on 'David Letterman' and 'Arsenio Hall' because they had young audiences I wanted to talk to. But at the same time, I always did serious books or taught seminars.”
“It's good to be a widow in New York, because I can do something every night.”
“I don't have scientifically validated data, but once two people have found each other and found interest in each other, my hypothesis would be that the relationship has a good chance of being successful.”
“Luckily for me, I don't depend on seeing every patient who comes through my door to pay the rent, and so if someone is involved in an activity that I don't like, I just don't accept that person as a client.”
“When some women literally throw themselves at you, it's easy to get confused and think that every woman is eager for your attentions.”
“You walk into a restaurant these days, and what you see is everyone with their phone next to them. That is terrible. Instead of concentrating on the relationship, on the needs and activities and interests of the other person, they are constantly looking at their phone.”
“I think I was fortunate that even in the children's home I had a boyfriend. How important it was, as an orphan at the age of 12, to be caressed and to be kissed and to know that there is someone who really deeply cared about me.”
“I'm very lucky, because it's a combination of the German, the Hebrew, the Swiss, the French, and that accent helped because as soon as people heard it they knew it was me.”
“I don't want people to be lonely. I would like them to find partners.”
“Young and older people need to learn relationships take time and effort.”
“I'm never embarrassed to say, 'I don't know.'”
“I would never have dreamt that I would live in this country and that we would see swastikas painted at the door of a psychology professor at Columbia University.”
“I'm a black-diamond skier and can dance the whole night - if I find a good partner!”
“I'm all for any place, any way, any media that can help people connect with somebody and not be lonely.”
“I read the horoscope, and when I like it I smile and when I don't like it, I say, 'Dr. Ruth Westheimer, what's the matter with you?'”