Single People Quotes

• I think that one of the things that has changed the perception is that there are so many more single people. In New York City, it's 47 percent. When you have that many people who are single, they have a bigger voice and they're more willing to speak and say, 'We're not miserable, we're not sitting at home waiting for Mr. or Ms. Right, we're having a good time.' And I think single people have better friendships.

  Candace Bushnell

  Single, New York, Home

  "Singles get prime time attention" by Jill Brooke, www.cnn.com. October 10, 1995.

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• This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Love, Heartbreak, Stay Strong

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.260, A&C Black

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• Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you're pretty sexy and you're taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Single, Sexy, Mean

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• I'm single because I was born that way.

  Mae West

  Sarcastic, Witty, Freedom

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self.

  Jo Coudert

  Inspirational, Being Single, Self

  Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.131, iUniverse

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• I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

  Walt Whitman

  Sad, Appreciation, Inspirational Life

  "Song of Myself " l. 1 (written 1855)

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• I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Music, Loneliness, Being Single

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.29, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. Of all the people you will know in the lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose.

  Jo Coudert

  Self Esteem, Being Single, People

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• Today is Valentine's Day - or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day!

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Romantic, Valentines Day

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• I don't like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone.

  Delta Burke

  Single, Lonely, Being Alone

  "5 Things to Love About Being Single" by Whitney Caudill, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 23, 2013.

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• Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

  Voltaire

  Marriage, Humorous, Being Single

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• The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

  Aristotle

  Single, Men, Silence

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• He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.

  Aristotle

  Single, Men, Worst Enemy

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  Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.

  Candace Bushnell

  Love, Single, Butterfly

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  I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Single, Being Alone, Profound

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• The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again.

  Nora Ephron

  Regret, Believe, Being Single

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.

  Theodore Isaac Rubin

  Single, Hurt, Hate

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• In a society where every man works for himself, individual incentive, working for one's self. If people worked for one's self, there wouldn't be the electric light, there wouldn't be engines and powered vehicles, there wouldn't be electrification and reservoirs and water purification.  These are processes that help all people. And processes that help single people is a very primitive value system carried into this century, which is really not necessary.

  Jacque Fresco

  Men, Light, Self

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• The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words--that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible.

  Leo Tolstoy

  People, History, Humanity

  Leo Tolstoy (2012). “War and Peace”, p.1344, Modern Library

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• The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent.

  Wes Smith

  People, Agents, Controversial

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• Most single people I know, myself included, have a difficult time even meeting up with the people they like, be it busy schedules, texting games, or whatever.

  Aziz Ansari

  Games, People, Schedules

  "Aziz Ansari gets candid about love: 'elusive and sadly ephemeral'". Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 13, 2013.

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• I tell my friends married life is boring, but that's just a fun thing to say to make single people feel better.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Fun, Feel Better, People

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

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• Conceit of the anti-gay law in Russia is to protect children, then the people who have the most to fear are LGBT parents. And sure enough, in conjunction with the homosexual propaganda law, they instituted a ban on adoptions by same-sex couples, or single people from countries where same-sex marriage is legal. That has very scary potential for any LGBT person with adopted kids, because Russian courts practice this particular legal concept called "annulment of adoption." So an adopted child is never exactly the same as a biological child, even if he or she was adopted ten years ago.

  Masha Gessen

  Country, Children, Couple

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• I'll tell you one thing, since I'm married, single people look absolutely ridiculous to me.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  People, Looks, Ridiculous

  "The funny side of the street". Interview with Rick Lyman, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2002.

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• Luna! Artemis! lovers' spats are icing on the cake! Your just showing off to us single people! -Minako

  Naoko Takeuchi

  Cake, People, Icing

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