Patti Stanger Quotes

We've both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment.

I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.

I have a lot of hang-ups in life with men. I'm not very trusting.

You can be cocky and confident, but when you start developing feelings for someone, suddenly your self-esteem drops a bit.

Somehow, married or single, we'd rather anesthetize ourselves with love substitutes than go for the real thing, because let's face it: The real thing is pretty scary.

It's hard for me to accept love. I wish I could lie to you and tell you that it's easy for me, but it's not.

Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?

One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so.

I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

Any kind of run-of-the-mill flaws that are easily solved, to me, are boring. Situational flaws, for example. I like flaws that are rooted in a deep distrust in people because of a lack of love.

I met a guy, and we were seeing each other for about a month or so, but as it got more intense, I started to freak out a little bit. I hadn't been in a relationship for quite a while, and I just said I was going away and not sure if it was going to work.

When I first started out in the band, I had so many walls up.

Jealousy is unavoidable - it's part of the price we pay for intimacy.

If you're thinking like that - 'Does this person want me for me?' - then you're gonna have a hell of a hard time falling in love, 'cause you're constantly thinking about what they look like on paper.

I've been single for so long that I'm scared of being in a relationship.

These days, insecure in our relationships and anxious about intimacy, we look to technology for ways to be in relationships and protect ourselves from them at the same time.

He tells me that the best man I will ever find will be attracted to other women. I hear this as another fact I am too old not to know. More proof of how unprepared I am to love anyone.

Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.

Jealousy is the fear of losing the thing you love most. It's very normal. Suspicion is the thing that's abnormal.

All I know is that I fell in love with you, and I've never been more frightened about anything in my entire life.

When we first met, I didn't want to get involved with anyone. I didn't have the time or energy, and I wasn't sure that I was ready for it. But you were so good to me, and I got swept up in that. And little by little, I found myself falling in love with you.

Oh honey, there's nothing new on this earth when it comes to what men and women do in the dark. First love is when you learn. So you've learned that love can open you up like spring sun on a wee primrose. Good. Remember that. You know how to love.

I think I get laid less now than I used to, because I’m way more paranoid now.

Just the fact that you need me to prove I love you is probably a clue it isn’t working