Relationship Formation Quotes

We all Tinder in life. We all look at somebody and go: 'OK, swipe right.'

I think half the people who get married now have met online. If I think about all the people in my life who married - they met online, online, online. And it makes sense if you think about it, because you fill out this form of 35 things that really define you and - bam - look, you've got two people who match. It works.

If you're looking for a boyfriend, you aren't gonna find one. They seem to come into your life when you least expect it.

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.

I am not against people finding people to date on social media. That's the way it goes now.

We all prospect, and don't even know we're doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you're interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs.

Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there's a potential for a relationship.

Friendships are discovered rather than made.

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

Men without jobs do not form families.

When somebody leaves Match.com or Chemistry.com, they ask you why you left. One box you can check is, 'I found somebody.' Between 15 and 20 percent of people check that box.

In many instances, mate choice is a compensatory process. In other words, both men and women choose prospective mates by combining their scores on several key attributes.

For me, I met my husband when I was going full steam ahead of what I wanted in my career. We sort of intersected and were like, 'Oh, hi, hello!' We were both on our way somewhere to speak and then just kept going together.

You don't know what you're going to fall in love with until you're exposed to it.

It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the attraction.

At first I was against Internet dating because there are some inherent risks, but I've seen so many happy couples who've met on the Internet that I've changed my mind.

Plainly it isn't an exact science, despite it being a complex interaction of micro-decisions and corresponding thought; perhaps it doesn't always work and we pass by some potential soulmates like the proverbial ships in the night, never quite connecting. Then again, perhaps the system is tenacious and continues to run like a computer program on infinite loop, so that if at first you don't meet, you are drawn back together for another try.

My high school years were fun and frustrating, typical of the teen years. The most important accomplishment was meeting my wife, Ruth.

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

Love will not happen in three-four weeks.

Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.

How casually and unobservedly we make all our most valued acquaintances.

What's interesting is that the way we go about finding our marriage partners today is quite different from the way it used to be in this culture.

I always think about taking 10 random people off the street and trying to pair them. Probably a lot of them are not going to work out, but randomly one might. That's basically what they're doing on 'The Bachelorette.' Here's 25 guys, see if you like one of them and it might work out.

I never did video dating.