Malcolm X Quotes

A relationship takes two people to make or break it.

It always takes two. For relationships to work, for them to break apart, for them to be fixed.

And we reduce almost all male-female problems by working on both the female and the male. And that usually means having both sexes take responsibility.

A band is like a marriage, and if you're in a marriage with someone, and you lose yourself in that marriage, the relationship is over, really.

I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare at times, we all know that, but nevertheless in the end I think to have someone else's input on anything - a book, a meal, your children, life, a walk - is fantastic.

I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.

Men and women have strengths that complement each other.

I always hear some couples can't work together, and I don't get that. We have the most fun when we're working together.

People talk about cricket being an individual game but I really don't agree; everything is done in a partnership.

Being a single has different challenges, and being a tag team has different challenges. I welcome them both.

I love Will Smith and Jada Pinkett. You see the love, and you can see the support, and they partner on things and produce together. But she has a life, and he has a life.

It takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel.

There was never any question about it: we [with Yoko Ono] had to have a 50-50 relationship or there was no relationship, I was quick to learn.

Rather than look at a marriage as two people morphing into one thing, you could see two individuals who are choosing to form a partnership.

In plain proletarian worker's language, it takes two to tango.

A marriage is like a long trip in a tiny row boat: if one passenger starts to rock the boat, the other has to steady it, otherwise, they will go to the bottom together.

One flesh. Or if you prefer, one ship. The starboard engine has gone. I, the port engine, must chug along somehow till we make harbour. Or rather, till the journey ends.

In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

Lovers embrace that which is between them rather than each other.

I think coaching is confused at times as being an arrow that only goes to a player. Those players send arrows back to you, and that’s where a relationship is developed. I don’t make a player, and a player doesn’t make me a coach. We make each other.

When you agree to collaborate, you agree to jump off a cliff holding hands with everyone, hoping the resourcefulness of each will insure that you all land on your feet.

Every relationship is a gift exchange.

In my organizations I don't have employees; I have teammates. Yes, I do pay people and offer them benefits. But people don't work for me. They work with me. We are working together to fulfill the vision. Without them, I cannot succeed. Without me, they cannot succeed. We're a team. We reach our goals together. We need each other. If we didn't, then one of us is in the wrong place.

For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That's the Law of Significance.