Matthew Hussey Quotes

I totally commit and completely give myself to a relationship. Be warned, though - I don't like being taken for granted, so I can be pretty high-maintenance sometimes!

Obviously, Jo and I, as a couple, we just don't want to redline. You know, we don't want to run so hard after some dream or some goal only to find out that we've neglected the thing that means the very most to us, which is our marriage and our relationship.

When you are seeing somebody, then obviously it's a commitment. And if you don't want to commit, then don't be in a relationship. Every relationship deserves a certain credibility and respectability. For me, it's always been like that.

I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me.

A guy that's really serious about you, he's gotta be talking to you, he's gotta want to have one-on-one, in-your-face interaction. That's how we are.

I don't have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can't even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It's just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.

What's the secret to such a long and happy relationship? I don't know. Maybe because I work a lot.

Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides.

Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

And we have not found any generational gap at all. If he wants to go a football game, he goes. If I want to go to a fashion show, I go. We don't have to do everything together. But we like doing most things together.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

No absolute is going to make the lion lie down with the lamb unless the lamb is inside the lion.

Let the other side also have a hearing.

I feel like the best relationships I've been in are those where things were more laid-back.

What I've learned - after working for, I guess, some time now - is when you're approaching a relationship like that, like, any working relationship, it's good to be open. To know that someone might have a different way of doing things and listen to them. And hopefully, you come to a common understanding.

As a reader and a writer, I'm happiest when apparently mutually exclusive states can somehow coexist.

When I've had a talk with someone, I like them to leave unconfused. No need for contention.

I said, maybe you need to take a risk with someone else. But they kept saying no, we want you to stay.

It's important to really listen to the other person and have them feel like they're heard, to make sure the relationship feels equal.

You like someone, you court each other, you get into a relationship. You're answerable to each other. Whereas, the non-answerability of dating, my God, I don't know if I would ever be able to.

I put a lot of time into making sure my relationship with my family is well taken care of because I want to be as successful as a father as I am as an entertainer.

It's hard to find a way to be good to your husband, be good to your kid, and be good to yourself.

The only way I see myself in a serious relationship is if I am toning it down a bit.

Although we are busy with our own work, we still try and spend time together. At the same time, we give each other space. I think that is the key to a successful marriage.