Dating Quotes - Page 24

• I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Marriage, Sarcastic

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As the tide of feminism that crested two decades ago recedes and the old advance-and-retreat games of courtship return, "Pride & Prejudice" speaks wistfully to the moment. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are tantalizing early prototypes for a Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy ideal of lovers as brainy, passionate sparring partners. That the world teems with fantasies of Mr. Darcy and his ilk there is no doubt. How many of his type are to be found outside the pages of a novel, however, is another matter.

  Stephen Holden

  Pride, Games, Two

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• Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Sex, Humor

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• One of the less vaunted joys of Austen is that she is one of the greatest writers in the English language who also happened to write witty romance novels. Women enjoy the love stories in Austen the same way men read Hemingway for the hunting and fishing: it provides guiltless pleasure.

  Alessandra Stanley

  Witty, Writing, Men

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• The great ambition of women is to inspire love.

  Moliere

  Love, Ambition, Romance

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• People who get married because they're in love make a ridiculous mistake. It makes much more sense to marry your best friend. You like your best friend more than anyone you're ever going to be in love with. You dont choose your best friend because they have a cute nose.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Cute, Mistake, Love You

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• I'm dating myself by saying this, but I was the test audience for 'Space Invaders.' I remember when that was the first game that wasn't a pinball game. I spent a lot of money on 'Space Invaders,' in the form of quarters, of course.

  John C. Reilly

  Games, Space, Tests

  "Comic-Con: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Rich Moore Talk WRECK-IT RALPH, Vintage Video Games and Getting the Rights to Game Characters". Press Conference, collider.com. July 13, 2012.

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• Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Long, Romance, Fortresses

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.17, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• He'd written me up a proposal of why dating him was a sound decision. It had included things like "I'll give up cigarettes unless I really, really need one" and "I'll unleash romantic surprises every week, such as: an impromptu picnic, roses, or a trip to Paris—but not actually any of those things because now they're not surprises.

  Richelle Mead

  Giving Up, Paris, Rose

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.11, Penguin

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• dating you would be like a series of unnecessary root canals interspersed with occasional makeout sessions.

  John Green

  Roots, Would Be, Unnecessary

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.85, Penguin

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• The next level. As though dating were a computer game.

  Janette Rallison

  Games, Next Level, Levels

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• Maybe you should call him,' Simon suggested, trying not to think too hard about how weird it was to be giving a demon hunter advice about possibly dating a warlock.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Giving, Advice

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.952, Simon and Schuster

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• I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think that's where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to.

  Spalding Gray

  Girlfriend, Pain, Teenage

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• Are you sure you want to go out with someone with that kind of history? ...He could have a psychotic break. I read that people get those when they're twenty-eight.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Eight, People, Twenties

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.178, Scholastic Inc.

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• There's more to life than dating the boy on the football team.

  Taylor Swift

  Love, Life, Relationship

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Would a dating service for people on the net be "frowned upon" by DCA? I hope not. But even if it is, don't let that stop you from notifying me via net mail if you start one.

  Richard Stallman

  Mail, Ifs

  "Reaction to the DEC Spam of 1978" by Brad Templeton, www.templetons.com.

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• A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.

  Greta Scacchi

  Relationship, Commitment, New Relationship

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• My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to.

  Rita Rudner

  Boyfriend, Marriage, Breakup

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• My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on.

  Joan Rivers

  Funny Love, Love You, Funny Relationship

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If beauty is only skin deep, look really, really hard.

  Virginia Heffernan

  Romance, Skins, Looks

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• I'm honest about the journey I've been on, so I definitely don't take dating lightly anymore.

  Demi Lovato

  Journey, Honest

  "Demi Lovato: 'My scars are beautiful battle wounds'" by Daniel Sperling, www.digitalspy.com. December 3, 2011.

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• I don't know why anyone would want to ask an actor for dating advice. We are not the poster children for healthy relationships.

  Ginnifer Goodwin

  Children, Advice, Healthy

  "Hogan War Heats Up: Linda Rejected From Brooke's 21st Birthday" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. May 12, 2009.

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• Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Faith, Lonely

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.

  Jonathan Swift

  Funny, Marriage, Time

  'Thoughts on Various Subjects' (1706)

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• Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.

  Ovid

  Yield, Romance, Delight

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