#dating

Which is, I'm an optimist that two people can be together to work out their conflicts. And that commitment, I think, might be what love is, because they both grow from their relationship. ↗

— Garry Shandling

#because #both #commitment #conflicts #grow

My boyfriend calls me 'princess', but I think of myself more along the lines of 'monkey' and 'retard'. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#along #boyfriend #calls #i #i think

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#intimidating #many #negotiating #people #whole

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#black and white #boss #felt #gave #had

There is one major problem with anti-virus software: It needs updating. Users cannot be relied upon to have even the anti-virus software in the first place, let alone be able or willing to pay for the updates. ↗

— Glenn Turner

#alone #anti-virus #cannot #even #first

In his experience with women, it was difficult to recover once things began to go wrong--once they had unreasonably decided that you were a person with whom they were not under any circumstances ever going to have sex. ↗

— John Lanchester

#men #relationships #sex #women #dating

You know, it’s dangerous to touch me like that.” He gazed down into my eyes. “You didn’t seem to mind.” “That’s because I can control myself better than others. You have a date with danger or something?” That was an understatement. It was more like death. ↗

— Lynn Mullican

#dating

I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. It's sort of a teaching job. ↗

— Ted Allen

#barriers #break #chefs #differently #down

I'm terrified of getting involved with someone who disappoints me or leaves me empty and alone. I'm terrified of rejection, so I set my expectations so high that they can never be met, and I dig around with a magnifying glass looking for flaws in very person I date. There's always a flaw to exploit, and I'll find it so I never have to get too close. ↗

— Rachel Machacek

#fear #relationships #dating

Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#clueless #dating #financial #people #seminars