Flirtation Quotes

• Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her?

  Helen Rowland

  Girl, Flirty, Sweet Love

  Irvin S. Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Helen Rowland, Richard Saunders (2017). “We Should All Be So Feminine: We Should All Be a Feminist: We Should All Be Feminists”, p.45, Lulu.com

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• There are times not to flirt. When you're sick. When you're with children. When you're on the witness stand.

  Joyce Jillson

  Children, Flirty, Women

  Joyce Jillson (1986). “Fine Art of Flirting”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

  John Ray

  Smile, Beauty, Flirty

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• Flirtation doesn't have to go somewhere; it certainly doesn't need to end up in bed. I like to think of it as a little friendlier than a handshake, a little less intimate than a kiss. It's a way of saying hi, you look great, have a wonderful day. A tasteful flirtation, played out people who understand the rules, leave everyone feeling good and can perk up the bluest mood.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Kissing, Thinking, People

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.275, Dell

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• If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Flirty, Flirting, Talking

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• God created the flirt as soon as he made the fool.

  Victor Hugo

  God, Flirty, Flirting

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• The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.

  Oscar Wilde

  Flirty, Husband, Flirting

  Oscar Wilde (1899). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.17

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• A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.

  Oscar Wilde

  Flirty, Flirting, Long

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.8, Oscar Wilde

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• Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Flirty, Flirting, Men

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.42, BookBaby

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• The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Love, Flirty, Flirting

  "Maxims" by Francois de La Rochefoucauld, (No. 359), 1665-1678.

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• All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Flirty, Women, Flirting

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• Flirtation: attention without intention.

  Max O'Rell

  Flirty, Flirting, Attention

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 277), 1922.

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• Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.

  Helen Rowland

  Art, Flirty, Flirting

  Helen Rowland (2017). “Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”, p.16, Litres

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• To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.

  E. W. Howe

  Marriage, Flirty, Regret

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• In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

  Frederick Buechner

  Flirting, Saint, World

  Frederick Buechner (1973). “Wishful thinking: a theological ABC.”, Harper San Francisco

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• When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.

  Peggy Fleming

  Sports, Flirting, Light

  Peggy Fleming, Peter Kaminsky (2000). “The Long Program: Skating Toward Life's Victories”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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• Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose - easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters.

  Donald Grant Mitchell

  Flirting, Water, Rose

  Donald Grant Mitchell (1852). “Reveries of a bachelor: or, A book of the heart, by Ik. Marvel”, p.78

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• I assisted at the birth of that most significant word "flirtation," which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Beautiful, World, Mouths

  The World, no. 101, December 5, 1754.

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• Flirtation is merely an expression of considered desire coupled with an admission of its impracticability.

  Marya Mannes

  Expression, Desire, Admission

  Marya Mannes (1964). “But Will it Sell?”

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• Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Miracle, Coquetry

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• One must cease letting oneself be eaten when one tastes best: that is known to those who want to be loved long.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Long, Want, Taste

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.117, Penguin

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• Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Flirting, Knows

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• Women know not the whole of their coquetry.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Flirty, Flirting, Coquette

  "Maxims" by François de La Rochefoucauld, (No. 342), 1665-1678.

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• The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.

  Enid Bagnold

  Flirty, Flirting, People

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• Venus favors the bold.

  Ovid

  Favors, Venus, Boldness

  Ovid (1997). “Ovid's Metamorphoses”, p.422, University of Oklahoma Press

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