Best Dating Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.”

“We hear a lot about being female and how women appear in the dating scene, but as a deaf woman, it's a very different experience.”

“I don't want to be the person who has the gigantic headlines: 'Look Who So-and-So Is Dating Now.' That, to me, isn't really who I am.”

“I have a lot of boyfriends, I want you to write that. Every country I visit, I have a different boyfriend. And I kiss them all.”

“I think that we all have to have that rite of passage of dating the tortured artist who seems cooler than we think we are; we aspire to be like them, and we're excited that somebody is turning us on to new music or a new lifestyle.”

“Trade protectionism has an American lineage dating back to the Founders; that lineage is distinct from white nationalism.”

“I've had a boyfriend from a dating app and I'm really not into them any more.”

“I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.”

“I'm a fixer, unfortunately. I'm like, 'Oh, I can fix you.' But it's not just guys I'm dating anymore. It's this entire legion of young girls who tell me they need me to maintain any sort of sanity or peace.”

“Will Bridges, who is the co-creator with me, when we were working on 'SuperBob,' we were just talking about how we like to write about relationships. And we were talking about what love is. We were in very different stages; he was married and was about to have his first child, and I was kind of dating the wrong people.”

“If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it's better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.”

“The presence of industrial quantities of Byzantine pottery dating from the sixth century AD on the headland at Tintagel, Chinese silk in the tombs around Mecca and 'Arabic' numerals in the 13th-century beams of Salisbury Cathedral tell us we have been interdependent not for decades but across millennia.”

“My brother's always telling me to get on the dating websites, go and have some fun. But I don't think he realises that I'm done at 6 P.M. I've burned about 5000 calories and I'm too knackered to go out on a date.”

“If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.”

“I love being a single mom. But it's definitely different when you're dating.”

“When I started dating my wife, Katie, I ached for her from my knees to my throat.”

“Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.”

“In America, interracial dating or marriage is not something that is as accepted. Certain people feel strongly against it, in both communities. I felt it from the black community. It is so complicated. I don't want to give it too much energy.”

“Saks helps to empower women through how they look and feel - and Bumble wants to give all women a platform to connect with other empowered women, whether that's in dating, friendship, or business.”

“Kissing someone is pretty intimate, actually very intimate, and your heart always kind of skips a beat before you do that.”

“Honestly, I think dating is hard. Period.”

“It's a really deep and layered psychological situation - making music with someone - if they're trying to make something real and personal. It's almost like dating: you allow yourself to be consumed by the other - not in a bad way, but in a way that happens in nature.”

“It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with.”

“The best dating advice I can give is... are you going in it for marriage, or are you going in it for just a date? You've got to be open about it right away, because the other person could be in it for marriage, but you're not.”

“The difference between being a part-time writer and a full-time writer is like the difference between dating someone and living with them. Some of the romance is gone, but you learn things you'd never know just by dating.”

“I think more dating stuff is scheduling. It's needing people who understand your work schedule.”

“There are hundreds of millions of people on dating apps every day, but apparently, no such apps cater solely to sports fans.”

“Guys get back at their exes by dating 16 models in a row, girls get back at their exes by dating a normal guy with a private Instagram.”

“I don't understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if I'm interested in someone, and I don't want them to waste their money on me and take me out to eat if I know I'm not interested in that person.”

“The earliest example known to me of replaced body parts is exemplified by a Mayan skull dating back to 1400 BC. In this skull, false teeth made of stone had been implanted.”

“I personally have always hated dating. I was never vulnerable or insecure in any part of my life, but I would become that way with a guy because they have control, according to society, when it comes to dating.”

“Up until age 40, most men are just not as mature as women. So, it makes sense that a lot of women date up in age a bit.”

“Dating shows should exist for people who aren't straight. They're out there, there aren't enough of them. Whether you try and squeeze a format that already works into something else. I don't know.'”

“If you're dating the quarterback and then you go out with the hockey player, you just go to the hockey games. I don't think I'll still go to the football games.”

“I'd got to that age when I was out on a date with a guy and I would be thinking: Don't mention your age, don't mention that you want a child - because they would just run out the door.”

“You know, I had my mother and my father convincing me that he would be going back to Hollywood and he'd be back with the actresses and dating them and that he wasn't serious about me at all. So I had him saying one thing to me and my parents telling me something else.”

“Dating is pretty hard, since I'm always on the road.”

“I always play women I would date.”

“People's sexuality is often defined by who we're partnered with at any given moment, which can be a frustrating limitation for me. I've had countless tiny 'coming out' moments in my life, often simply to explain to someone else that they have misjudged my sexuality based on who they saw me dating.”

“In Indonesia, where I am from, the Dutch-imposed Civil Code dating back to the colonial 1870s prevailed until the 1974 Law on Marriage granted married women greater rights, including the ability to open individual bank accounts.”

“When men I have dated over the years whined about, 'Oh, you make no time for me' - see ya! I just dumped them. I don't need that pressure in my life.”

“I started dating at 16.”

“A lot of people - boys - look at me differently. They think that if they date me, they are gay because they are dating another boy. In instances like this, I feel almost excluded, if that's the right word. I feel like I'm being put on a different shelf.”

“I'm really critical of my posture, it makes a big difference. And I try to suck my belly in. Everyone should do that whether you're on a red carpet or not. Even if you're just going out to dinner with your boyfriend you should try and suck it in.”

“The Bachelor'... and 'The Bachelorette'... and 'Bachelor in Paradise'... and the 'After the Final Rose ceremony'. I love a competition dating show.”

“I stay away from online dating. Interacting with the person right in front of you is a much easier way to talk.”

“I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.”

“I'm doin' something different. I mean, I talk a little bit about race and interracial dating, but it's not the heart of my act. I just try to do what I think is funny; there's no huge message or through line.”

“As far as dating is concerned, I'm not a casual dating person.”

“In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.”

“An important part of dating is communicating. We communicate by sharing our thoughts, ideas, and feelings. We enjoy being with someone when we have an easy time communicating or when we have a lot to talk about.”

“The truth is, men are also crushed by the dating market. They're also crushed by the way that we date and with the way that we objectify and commodify ourselves and each other.”

“Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them.”

“I don't actually watch that much TV, but I was obsessed with 'Dawson's Creek' growing up. And 'Freaks and Geeks.' And '8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.'”

“I've thought long and hard about this, and I think a lot of the dysfunction around dating has to do with men having the control.”

“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.”

“I was dating girls who were actresses, and that was fun, so I took a playwriting class. But that was short-lived. That was one year. Around that time, I was seeing movies that were making me think in terms of images.”

“I'm very open to dating and finding a guy.”

“Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.”

“I've been dating since I was 15 years old, and I just don't seem to do it well.”

“Facebook and pictures on the Internet have created such a different way of dating. It's not necessarily good because an obsessive quality can develop in people.”

“Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.”

“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.”

“I don't do a lot of dating. I guess it's kind of like everyone is always trying to set me up with somebody, so we go out and hang out at a club or somewhere. I think dates are weird.”

“Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.”

“I have an urge to communicate. I think I'm a change from what it would be like dating a normal guy who doesn't talk too much.”

“While actors are great and awesome, writers literally create new worlds from scratch. What is sexier than that? Personally, I don't know why every last person out there isn't dating a writer.”

“I love a man with a great sense of humor and who is intelligent - a man who has a great smile. He has to make me laugh. I like a man who is very ambitious and driven and who has a good heart and makes me feel safe. I like a man who is very strong and independent and confident - that is very sexy - but at the same time, he's very kind to people.”

“It's a hard business this dating business! Love is complicated!”

“I always felt that, for me, as a woman, I always had to wait around. In all other arenas, I was ambitious and a go-getter, but when it came to dating, I wasn't supposed to go after what I wanted.”

“It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.”

“Sometimes we put so much effort into things we're doing, like dating or wedding planning, that we don't stop to think about whether or not we even want the results of that effort.”

“I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It's been a much slower process for me each time I've gone into a relationship.”

“You may hear the most beautiful things, you may hear promises, you may hear everything you want to hear but if the person you're dating is not following up with their actions then they're just words.”

“After you're dating someone for a few weeks, you often don't become exclusive until you give yourself more time to know what a relationship could be like in the future. You can't get too excited too quickly.”

“Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince - so are patience and a sense of humor. Without those qualities he's no Prince Charming!”

“When my parents were dating, they were very poor, so my dad couldn't take my mom out. They would go to the grocery store and pick out funny looking vegetables. When I grew up, we'd still go and find the ones with personality.”

“I don't have the best dating track record.”

“To find a prince, you gotta kiss some toads.”

“My wife and I started dating in 11th grade.”

“Women were very, very good at 'Pong'. It was part of the dating scene. The number of people who told me they met their wife or husband playing 'Pong' was huge. They were shoulder to shoulder, talking and playing. It was body contact and verbal contact.”

“Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.”

“Everybody's got baggage, and not just the classic, 'Oh I have so much baggage,' but everyone comes with so much context, and you're not just dating a person: you're dating all their context, too. Part of relationships is negotiating each other's context.”

“I can't wait for my little sisters to start dating, because it will really be fun to pick on their boyfriends.”

“I've dated some women who have turned me on to some funny things that are strange for men to actually do, but these things have become part of my process. I think the things I do for my appearance help make me look better. I even colour my hair because I like how it makes me look.”

“Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series 'Dark Shadows,' which I followed avidly as a kid.”

“I want my audience to know me for my work, not because of who I'm dating or what drugs I'm on or what club I went to.”

“I started dating a guy in Atlanta and found myself here often and decided to move here.”

“I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to me for romantic advice. I know nothing, and things have changed since I was dating in high school! I'm really trying hard to spend this time working on myself.”

“A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.”

“I also find it interesting that a lot of people in their 30s are not married and don't have kids. There are a lot of people in this age bracket that are out there dating and trying to find love. And I never thought that at my age I would be.”

“I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare.”

“No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.”

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

“I'm finally dating. It's fun.”

“I'm currently single, so I want to have fun! As for what guys need to do to date out of their league, it's all about the swagger. If you have confidence, you can get pretty much any girl.”

“I've not tried a dating app like Raya. I think for me, I would know most of the people who are on there but one of my rules about online dating is to find an app that best suits you, be it age, religion or privacy.”

“I don't really believe in rules, but I do like old-fashioned dating where you don't call the guy until he calls you. I don't think it's like he's got to do this and that's the rule.”

“Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.”

“It's difficult dating as an actor because your free time is precious. The guy I end up with someday is going to have to love traveling.”