918 private quotes tagged relationship

“Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves.” — Francis Schaeffer

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“When a mother quarrels with a daughter, she has a double dose of unhappiness hers from the conflict, and empathy with her daughter's from the conflict with her. Throughout her life a mother retains this special need to maintain a good relationship with her daughter.” — Terri Apter

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“My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults.” — Henry Louis Gates

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“There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy the characters and their relationship make it sexy.” — Tim Robbins

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“It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.” — David Cameron

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“Mine is just a simple old human story - of one person trying, with great rigor and discipline, to comprehend her personal relationship with divinity.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

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“A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.” — Dee Dee Myers

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“I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism?” — Jenny McCarthy

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“I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn't be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman - I'll kiss a frog if you like.” — Stephen Fry

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“My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal relationship with the Lord inspires me in all I do.” — Kathy Ireland

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“I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else?” — Shailene Woodley

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“I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women.” — Catherine Deneuve

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“I've always believed in people's capacity for goodness. I still believe that people are good. What I'm not so trusting about anymore is their relationship to their own goodness.” — Anne Hathaway

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“I'm so happy now. I love that I'm in a relationship right now... I want a life... The past five years or so I've found my groove and my balance.” — Kelly Clarkson

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“Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.” — Nicole Kidman

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“The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.” — Herbert Spencer

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“I do not think that Mulder trusts any one other than Scully. He s very solitary. She is the only one who takes him seriously. I don t know if they re in love. In a way, their relationship is deeper than that, because they cannot live without each other.” — David Duchovny

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“In finding love, I think it's important to be patient. In being in a relationship, I think it's important to be honest, to communicate, to respect and trust, and to strive to give more than you take.” — Kina Grannis

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“Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students.” — Godfrey Reggio

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“But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.” — Elton John

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“I'm a real relationship person - contrary to public perception. I'm either in one or I'm not.” — Sienna Miller

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“Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver.” — Thomas Szasz

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“When Tony was madly in love with me, his relationship with Vanessa Redgrave was ending.” — Jeanne Moreau

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“I think at some stage, I would love to have another child. I would love to settle into a relationship that was really important to me. I actually am not good at the balance at that.” — Nicole Kidman

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“We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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