Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

If a guy can play Guitar Hero with me and sit at home and watch the Food Network and read magazines with me, that's good. I don't think there are many guys that's fun for. It's a lot to ask.

Just date people you like, then you're guaranteed to have fun.

I don't even have a type, I don't think. My type is just whoever can get along with me.

Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?

I don't have a type. But one thing I can say from my dating experience is that a physical attraction will only take you so far. So you definitely have to have a strong intellectual connection as well.

You have to be able to carry a conversation. I think after the initial attraction kind of dies down. The lust dies down. There has to be the thing that engages you.

I would like to get married, but it must be a man who is part of my work, or me part of his.

I'm very lucky to have a husband who cooks, for a start. It's a good partnership. I met him through a friend, and we just hit it off.

I want someone that I can have fun with and laugh with. I love to laugh, and I'm really sarcastic, so it's important that she can take a joke. I think if you are going to be with someone for a while, you really need someone you can let loose with and let go of all the stress of the day.

One thing about the fantasy dinner party idea that no one considers is whether these people are going to get on. I would say John McEnroe and Ian McEwan, but what would they have to say to each other?

I don't think I could live with someone that I didn't have an intellectual friendship with.

I have sane friends, solvent friends, foodie friends, and friends who can take time off in the week, but I don't know one single person who ticks all those boxes.

I want to actually date someone who is not from this industry.

I'm sure there are many women in this world who would hate me because all I watch is sports. But I found the one girl who loves watching with me.

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

When we play games online, it's always so fun because that's something that we genuinely connect with because they usually like the same stuff that I like, so connecting with them there is amazing.

It's nice being married to someone who likes to read because you can indulge in geeky conversations about books.

When we're picking someone who we want to spend a lot of time with, even perhaps for the rest of our lives, we generally try to pick someone who likes to do the things we like to do.

Just look around, in life, there's people who want to date people who look like themselves, and there are people who are just looking for a good fit. And a lot of times, a good fit is someone different than yourself. I'm not one to get too hung up on outside appearances. I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.

Soul mates' are fiction and an illusion; and while every young man and young woman will seek with all diligence and prayerfulness to find a mate with whom life can be most compatible and beautiful, yet it is certain that almost any good man and any good woman can have happiness and a successful marriage if both are willing to pay the price.

Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.

Lust fades, so you'd better be with someone who can stand you.

There's lots and lots of guys out there. The question is trying to find the right one.

He certainly seems like the perfect guy but none of that matters if he's not the perfect guy for you.

Men who don't like girls with brains don't like girls.