Patti Stanger Quotes

Just because you have chemistry with someone doesn't mean you're naturally going to be the best for each other. You have make choices and prioritize.

While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one.

Every relationship probably has, at its inception, a hundred things that you could pick on and divert you from it, but the feeling is there. You figure out a way to make it work.

If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance.

The whole idea of love is scary - so is being with someone for the rest of your life and being happy with them for the rest of your life. There's lots of research to suggest that, actually, love's not really that simple.

Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

Free love never works.

Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you.

I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.

It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.

My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me.

When I get married, I think what matters is you should be happy with the person you are living with.

I'll be honest and say that looks are important for me. But ultimately, it all boils down to how much a girl loves.

My experience of what a loving relationship is like rings true with a lot of people I meet. I have a theory that the people you meet, one way you choose them, is their suitability for you in that particular matter. Attitudes toward friendship and marriage are in many cases closely aligned.

I had very steady and formal relationships with women. And I can say, I fell in love with women and it felt right.

If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain.

I don't think love is a tricky issue at all. Love is best understood when we share: Share time, energy, food, resources, insights, information, whatever. It's usually thought of as something that exists between two people, but that's just because it's easier to see and feel in the space between them. Each person is sharing a lot with the other.

There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.

Compatibility is weird. Love is confusing. Love is one wild beast.

I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.

The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Through all the relationship stuff I've gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures.

Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.

A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person.