I’ve never had a dislike for men. I’ve been badly treated by some. But I’ve been loved greatly by some. I married a lot of them.

Men and women aren’t the same. And they won’t be the same. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be treated fairly.

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

Creative people don’t behave very well generally. If you’re looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you’re gonna be depressed real fast. I don’t have time for anything else right now but work and my daughter. She’s my first priority.

We must be our own before we can be another’s.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.

Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

Your friend is your needs answered.

‚Love Story‘ is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn’t like him. All of them!

I have discovered that my interest in my dear pupil, Mabel, has ripened into a far deeper feeling than that of mere friendship. In fact, I know that I have learned to love her very sincerely.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish.

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.

It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.

When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they’re not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don’t care about money, and that’s not my problem.

Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston, I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, ‚Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.‘

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your relationship with yourself.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.

If proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.

Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.

Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

I grew up around lots of men – my father, my brothers, my uncles – so I wasn’t intimidated by them.

Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don’t know why this one is different, but it is. You don’t know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can’t stop thinking about it.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don’t give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.

A lot of good love can happen in ten years.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

You don’t sign up for a divorce when you get married. It’s very painful. But it’s taught me a great deal about myself.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we’re blood.

I’ll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They’re too much fun.

Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

It isn’t necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It’s the most wonderful thing.