Vivek Murthy Quotes

I think the most important thing in life is relationships. I think that feeds us almost like food.

Relationships are so important to all of us.

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

It's so important to keep a marriage alive with small treats and doing little things for each other. Just remembering to say nice things and to have listening time is vital. That ghastly phrase 'quality time' means taking three minutes to sit down and be still with someone rather than yelling over your shoulder as you rush out.

I'm sort of getting into the idea of nourishing your inner aspect and doing that by investing in your family and making a meal and creating time together.

You have to take time and make time for each other. My current single 'Time Is Love' gives a lot of advice in that area, just spending quantity time with the one you love and the one you care about because that's when you really develop a relationship.

But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together.

Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.

All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.

Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people.

Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.

Couples need time alone to renew their relationship. They also need to sustain supportive networks of friends and family.

In order to keep the love going, you want to keep it fun.

I prefer face-to-face conversation as opposed to texting. You need to go out of your way to spend good time with one another; you need to have a date night. Whether you have kids or a career or whatever, for a relationship to thrive, it's about making time for each other.

If you are sitting on the couch with the TV off, and you are looking into each other's eyes and talking, that is quality time - so is taking a walk or going out to eat, so long as you are communicating with each other.

It's finding time for each other. That's the trick to any relationship, you know. Finding time to really be present for each other.

Of course I'd like someone in my life. And of course, when I go home in the evening, I wish there was someone waiting for me. But very honestly, I don't have time to be lonely. My work fills up most of my day, and when I get home, I just want to sleep.

I am not averse to the idea of being in a relationship. In fact, I think everything in this world can be solved through love.

My experience of what a loving relationship is like rings true with a lot of people I meet. I have a theory that the people you meet, one way you choose them, is their suitability for you in that particular matter. Attitudes toward friendship and marriage are in many cases closely aligned.

It's the quality of your relationships that matters.

Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.

Look your significant other in the eyes, make that connection.

It's a lot easier to find a friend on television than love.

In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known.