“I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.”
Relationships are where theory meets practice. These quotes cover romance, communication, conflict, trust, and the daily work of maintaining a connection with another imperfect human being who is also trying to figure things out.
“There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.”
“I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.”
“I'm such a relationship guy. I really am.”
“I'm an awfully loyal friend. Once I've started a relationship with someone, it's like they are syrup and I'm a pancake. Their syrup gets into my pancake, so to speak.”
“Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.”
“For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself.”
“It's like a garden: Whatever you water the most will do the best. At some point, you decide whether you'll water your career or your relationship more.”
“I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already.”
“So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of our time, which were social, to moral issues of our time that were very personal. I have continued that relationship up until the present.”
“You know, we're each the hero of our own story and we perceive what's going on around us, and especially in a relationship, from the kind of viewpoint of, 'Well, this is my story, and I'm the hero of that, and I justify what I do around it.'”
“I've written a few songs that have to do with being in a relationship, the bad and the good.”
“The Bible is the only credible guide either as to the real relationship between man and the earth and the great Creator of both or concerning the purpose of the creation of both.”
“I'm not a relationship expert. I'm an expert on manhood.”
“The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex.”
“I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.”
“I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to make it happen. I've found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, that's usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart.”