Warren Farrell Quotes

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should share, too.

You don't want to be in a relationship with someone who's scared of you.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff.

Women tend to take care of men a lot, but I like a guy who balances that out and takes care of me, too.

I deeply believe that men and women need each other.

Men always like to please women. Women like to please men, too - some women. Some are very good at it.

I think romantic passion is wanting a little something in return.

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.

The worst thing I could be accused of is that I'm a one-way dude, only out for myself. But the worst thing a woman can do is not to say anything. Especially when you're starting a relationship.

I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird.

Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving.

The relationship between an actor and a director is like a love story between a man and a woman. I'm sure sometimes I'm the woman.

Unfortunately, I think we've probably all had the experience that if we're in a relationship where one of the partners is doing it 'my' way, that relationship is not going to survive.

There are two kinds of marriages - where the husband quotes the wife and where the wife quotes the husband.

Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

There are older men with younger women but you don't see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

I don't think it's really possible to share someone in most cases.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

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