Dating is equal parts exciting and terrifying, sometimes in the same evening. These quotes capture the awkwardness, hope, disappointment, and occasional magic of trying to find someone whose weirdness is compatible with yours.
“Dating in Los Angeles can be hard, which makes it all the better when you meet a really nice guy.”
“If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.”
“We had two rules growing up in my house: If you're going to take a shower, do it with whomever you're dating so you don't waste water and if you buy one for yourself, buy six, because everybody's going to want one.”
“The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.”
“Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.”
“It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.”
“I always say now that I'm in my blonde years. Because since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonde.”
“Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.”
“If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.”
“Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.”
“I'm not old-fashioned when it comes to dating, but there's something nice about a guy pulling out a girl's chair and opening the door for her, even if it's just in the beginning.”
“However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.”
“I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn't mean we are dating.”
“I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part.”
“I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.”
“I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.”