Dave Barry Quotes

Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

When you're in a relationship, if you just break it down to regular terms, people are attracted to something, and that's what they want you to be, and that's what you should just be, and for me, it's very simple - if I meet a girl and I say, 'This is what I like about you. Just continue. Every day.'

It's important to have frank discussions about what the other wants. To be in a relationship that is like a little lifetime, that's a challenge.

It's important for a guy to know and understand me before he can even think about taking things to the next step.

Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

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.

Danny and I worked really hard in the beginning of the relationship to find different levels of this couple.

I think relationships are really hard. Each one gives you lessons that you need.

I think for love to work you have to be with someone who you want to talk to before going to bed at night.

This relationship is going to be built on trust.

Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it's a green light.

Of all the myriad ways we define love, there is perhaps none more honest and powerful than this: Great love is rooted in great partnership.

It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.

I am not married yet, but I think ultimately in a good marriage it is the relationship which is the most important thing. It is not a matter of who is right and who is wrong; it is a one plus one equals more than two.

I've definitely been in relationships where I've given too much, and I've been in relationships where I haven't given enough. I think it's a work in progress. I have to find that person where it clicks.

I talk to my friends and, you know, they all seem to get relationships that aren't right. You kind of want someone who is not at your beck and call but loves the idea of being in a relationship and what that entails.

In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.

A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.

I don't want to have a relationship with someone if I'm not going to work with them.

I'm not searching for that magical Daddy, but I would like to find a partner in life, because I feel like finally I know what love is and what love isn't.

I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?

Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?

You have to be up-front from the very beginning about what your expectations of the other person are, and you can't make any promises you don't intend to keep.