Garry Shandling Quotes

I'm definitely scared by commitment.

That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.

I've had some great relationships that I have absolutely sabotaged because I'm afraid to get close to someone, and I know, eventually, I'll run off.

Back when I was dating, the dreaded C word was Commitment. As soon as most men found out I had a child, they ran. If I ever got close enough to say the words, 'I love you,' they ran faster.

I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.

Television is populated with commitment-phobes.

I don't fall in love easily. It's odd; one of the first things I think about when I go out with a woman is what it would be like to be married to her. And yet I have a tough time committing.

People are so phobic and crazed about this word 'commitment.' It's weird. Everyone has taken this word to a new height of morality.

My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.

We've both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment.

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.

I met a guy, and we were seeing each other for about a month or so, but as it got more intense, I started to freak out a little bit. I hadn't been in a relationship for quite a while, and I just said I was going away and not sure if it was going to work.

It's hard for me to trust people, and especially girls it's - I don't really like doing the whole opening-up thing with girls.

I think I’ve developed this pattern of running away when it comes time to fall in love and stay in a relationship.

I'm independent. If a guy is too clingy or needy, I actually get afraid of hurting him - and I can't deal with that.

I have a lot of hang-ups in life with men. I'm not very trusting.

I'm more afraid of marriage than death.

All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.

I want it all... fast. I want to be married, I want to live together... and then somewhere around a year or two years, I get freaked out. I freak out emotionally and then I actually feel like 'Oh my God, who's this stranger in my house?'

I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn't a bad thing what I did. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place.

I want to get married, but I'm always tortured in relationships.

I have such trust complexes. I'm close to, like, two people.

I was single for a really long time, then I realized I had abandonment issues. Then I found love online.

The truth is that I'm more afraid of marriage than of death.

I don't even date; I'm terrible with women.