Relationships Quotes

Behind every successful man is a woman but few of us realize that behind most successful women is a man too, her father.

~ Shahla Khan

A pair of great heels was much more satisfying than a man. They lasted longer, and better yet, they didn’t leave me for someone prettier.

~ Cindi Madsen

Great men have always preferred women of the prostitute type.

~ Otto Weininger

I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!

~ Terry Mcmillan

People think needing a man is weak. I believe what is truly weak is not ALLOWING ourselves to surrender to our deepest desire to have a protective, strong, caring, masculine man in our life.

~ Renee Wade

I wasn't even sure I wanted a man in my life again; by that time I'd exhausted the notion that the answer to a man is another man, and I was out of breath.

~ Margaret Atwood

Every kind of relationship needs encouragement from both parties. Be it marriage, dating, friendship, enmity etc.

~ Nike Thaddeus

(On differences between men and boys) Men know what they want. Men make concrete plans. Men own alarm clocks. Men sleep on a mattress that isn't on the floor. Men tip generously. Men buy new shampoo instead of adding water to a nearly empty bottle of shampoo. Men go to the dentist. Men make reservations. Men go in for a kiss without giving you some long preamble about how they're thinking of kissing you. Men wear clothes that have never been worn by anyone else before.

~ Mindy Kaling

Generally, men prefer dating women they love over women who love them; women prefer the opposite.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Stop looking for your better half! You need to be whole to attract your better whole, if you expect to have a flourishing relationship.

~ Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

She's no angel.He's no saint.

~ Elvis Costello

If you only attract Mr. Wrong or Ms. Crazy, evaluate the common thread in this diversity of people: YOU!

~ Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

But the reality is that women today do not think of themselves in the context of helping their man. Women today have been brainwashed into thinking that efforts in that direction are in the category of oppression, subservience, and catering to frail male egos. It is sad that this is the prevalent point of view, because interdependence is what ultimately feeds both the man and the woman what they truly need to be happy.

~ Laura Schlessinger

Don't get mad about the infestation of fleas if you keep shopping at the dog pound.

~ Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

I've crossed paths since with men like him. I wish I could say differently. But I have. And what I have learned is that you dig a little and you find they're all the same, give or take. Some are more polished, granted. They may come with a little bit of charm-- Or a lot -- and that can fool you. But really they're all unhappy little boys sloshing around in their own rage. They feel wronged. They haven't been given their due. No one loved them enough. Of course they expect you to love them. They want to be held, rocked, reassured. But it's a mistake to give it to them. They can't accept it. They can't accept the very thing they're needing. They end up hating you for it. And it never ends because they can't hate you enough. It never ends-- the misery, the apologies, the promises, the reneging, the wretchedness of it all. My first husband was like that.

~ Khaled Hosseini

A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never blame men, they have too many responsibilities because they live in a country where they are being taught to take up the burden since they get an erection.

~ Himmilicious

I hate parties.And a wedding is the biggest party of all.All the guests arrived and Orpheus is taking a shower.He's always taking a shower when the guests arrive so he doesn't have to greet them.Then I have to greet them.

~ Sarah Ruhl

In his experience with women, it was difficult to recover once things began to go wrong--once they had unreasonably decided that you were a person with whom they were not under any circumstances ever going to have sex.

~ John Lanchester

I never know what I’m going to want to curl up in bed with.” I shrug.“How about a man?” she retorts.

~ Alexandra Potter

It wasn’t because you weren’t beautiful, talented, funny, creative or had everything in common. It was because some men prefer plain vanilla ice cream. It’s predictable and a safe choice. Confident and adventurous men prefer the complexity and layers of a sundae, even the ones sprinkled with a little bit of nuts on top.

~ Shannon L. Alder

First, they set the hook with mind-bending kinky shit. Then a year later you're living in a Talking Heads song, dressed like Teddy Ruxpin, living with a strange woman in a big house full of frilly throw pillows, experiencing the frequency of sex that can only be charted by Halley's Comet. and you're wondering: How did I get here?

~ Tim Dorsey

Men tend to remember the best things about the women they've loved and to forget the worst, which is why so many men make the same mistakes with women again and again. Women tend to forget the best things about the men they've loved and to remember the worst, which is why so many women become bitter about men.

~ James Carlos Blake

...we've told men for so long that we're equal, we can open our own doors, carry our own bags, pay our own way, that now they're afraid to offer in case we accuse them of sex discrimination. If you were a man would you buy a woman underwear? I wouldn't dare. What if she throws it back in your face and calls you a sexist pig? So they've tried to turn into new men, but that's no good either, because now we're telling them to be masculine. We don't just want them in a pair of Marigolds cleaning the oven, that's not good enough. We want them to take control, to whisk us off hotels, buy us dinner, and make mad passionate love to us all night. We want it all ways. We want them heroes and handy with the vacuum. No wonder the poor guys are confused

~ Alexandra Potter

In hindsight, I have no idea why he was ever with me. He thought highly of my breasts. And . . . that's it, I think.

~ Emma Forrest

Little girls fear being a princess that was never rescued but little boys fear being a prince that was too late.

~ Tommy Tran

Still, who could say what men ever were looking for? They looked for what they found; they knew what pleased them only when they saw it.

~ Henry James

Adeline was really rather charming, she always had a man in her life, but it never worked out: either they were nice but she didn't find them very exciting; or they were exciting but she didn't find them particularly nice, or they were neither nice nor exciting and she wondered why she was with them at all. She found a way of making the exciting men nicer and that was by leaving them. But then, they weren't exciting anymore either.

~ François Lelord

But I tended not to date men who ever showed up for me.

~ Kimberly Novosel

I am sensible that to own an inclination for a man is to put one's self wholly in his power, but sure you have generosity enough not to abuse it.

~ Mary Pierrepont

Women should never chase elevators, buses or men, because there will always be another one!

~ Anonymousmale1

If she could find a man who could feel and laugh as well as desire, she might even think about thinking about marriage.

~ Melanie Rawn

If you find a man who trusts you, who isn't afraid, who sees you for who you are, and if it feels like he knows you for who it is that you simply are, and thinks all of that is beautiful; know that you have found a rare thing.

~ C. Joybell C.

ROR: Return on Relationship™, #RonR… simply put the value that is accrued by a person or brand due to nurturing a relationship. ROI is simple $’s and cents. ROR is the value (both perceived and real) that will accrue over time through connection, trust, loyalty, recommendations and sharing.

~ Ted Rubin

When you're confident in what you bring to the table, you don't have to chase and beg anyone to sit down and eat.

~ Stephan Labossiere

Be persistent, be persistent, they say. But please, do not mistake being a pest for being persistent.

~ Nike Thaddeus

Like the weather or bonds between lovers, transformations can never be predicted. All energy transmutes one day or another, in one way or another. Either in its form or composition, or in its position or disposition.

~ Suzy Kassem

Every crossroad in life has four options – quit, adapt, proceed, or accept, but quitting is a dead-end.

~ Sharon Nir

The house you built can cave you in if you didn't do it right.

~ Unarine Ramaru

The atmosphere you create influence the reception the other person will give you.

~ Unarine Ramaru