Matt Dillon Quotes

I think as humans we do want to control our relationships, and you can't. It's probably better that you can't. That wouldn't be a real relationship, and we'd never learn and grow.

Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary - to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.

We all think that this relationship thing is a game out here. All I'm saying to women is, 'Okay. If it's a game, here are the rules that we play by.'

In a relationship when things are really great you don't need to say anything and just enjoy the other person. Sometimes with a couple, it gets dark and you don't know what to say and that silence can last all day. Other times you don't want to stop talking because you don't want to lose one another.

The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings.

A relationship succeeds when obstacles are met with communication and resolution. A relationship flourishes when we take the beloved as our teacher. Shared goals create a transformative, interwoven path.

You can't have a relationship at all if you don't trust each other.

As it happens in relationships that are open and frank and based on mutual respect, you say things as you think them, and this doesn't mean that you don't work together in a constructive way.

You have to know your man. Girls be like, 'I know my man, I know my man,' but I mean really know him.

For any relationship to survive, one needs excellent communication.

There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like.

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.

Every relationship you have, you're learning and growing and taking something from that.

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.

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.

When it comes to relationships, it's nice to have something that is your own and not everyone else's. That's not part of my job. I never stood up on a podium and said, 'Vote for me - I'm perfect. I'll be this for you and never do anything wrong.'

I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.

I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.

Be fair with others, but then keep after them until they're fair with you.

I'm not looking for a 'yes' woman, but a strong person who knows when to be objective and when not to be.

It takes a lot of experience of life to see why some relationships last and others do not. But we do not have to wait for a crisis to get an idea of the future of a particular relationship. Our behavior in little every incidents tells us a great deal.

A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be retired before I can finally enter into a healthy relationship.

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!

Free love never works.