Single Quotes - Page 5

• If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do.

  Thomas Hardy

  Being Single, Doomed, Ifs

  Thomas Hardy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)”, p.492, Delphi Classics

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• He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.

  Aristotle

  Men, Worst Enemy, Solitude

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• I don't dwell in the past; I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened.

  Yanni

  Regret, Past, Events

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know.

  Garry Shandling

  Phones, People, Needs

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• I've been having a lot of dance parties alone in my apartment while learning to cook. Part of my quest to be an attractive single is to learn how to cook and sew and get a license.

  Sara Quin

  Party, Quests, Attractive

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• I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.

  John Mellencamp

  Records, Wheels, Humans

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• What's the best way to get a good spouse? The best single way is to deserve a good spouse because a good spouse is by definition not nuts.

  Charlie Munger

  Nuts, Definitions, Way

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• About age 30 most women think about having children, most men think about dating them.

  Judy Carter

  Children, Thinking, Men

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• Of all the old maid's blessing, the greatest is carte blanche. Spinsterhood is powerful; once a woman is called "that crazy old maid" she can get away with anything.

  Florence King

  Powerful, Crazy, Blessing

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• Singlehood is not longer a state to be overcome as soon as possible. It has its own rewards. Marriage is not the gateway to adulthood anymore. For most people it's the dessert - desirable, but no longer the main course.

  Stephanie Coontz

  People, Overcoming, Rewards

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• I'm single again and I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm loving it at the moment. This is what I've been missing.

  Guy Ritchie

  Missing, Way, Moments

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• I knew I could not live my life around a husband, now would I want a husband to live his life around me. Of course, there are any number of variations in marital relationships between those extremes. But there is always a need for spouses to change their behaviors or habits to suit each other. I have always been set in my ways and did not fancy changing my behavior or lifestyle.

  Geraldine Lee Wei Ling

  Husband, Numbers, Suits

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• I love being single. It's great. I get to be who I am and do what I want and be with the people I love. I feel like I have everything and I'm very fortunate, and it's very rich fulfilling time in my life.

  Drew Barrymore

  Love Is, Who I Am, People

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• I am 54 years old and happily single. In addition to my nuclear family, I have a close circle of friends. Most of my friends are men. But my reputation is such that their female partners would never consider me a threat.

  Geraldine Lee Wei Ling

  Men, Years, Circles

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• I feel completely safe in my house but all my friends are scared for me. And of course I can tell my parents panic a little. The best thing about living alone is being able to have my friends come over whenever.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Parent, House, Safe

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• When I think about it like that, it feels like a burden. But that won't mean I'll be single for the rest of my life - I hope. I feel very settled with myself in my world. I don't feel as needy and desperate to prove things about myself. In my twenties I was very keen to achieve this and disprove this and that. Now I enjoy just being able to concentrate on my children and my work and myself.

  Jude Law

  Children, Mean, Thinking

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• Being single is about celebrating and appreciating your own space that you're in. I couldn't have lived alone before. I always needed someone to share my space but now I like being by myself. If I want to be with people then I see my friends; if I want a date then I'll have one.

  Kelly Rowland

  Space, People, Appreciate

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• Single gals aren't all a bunch of Bridget Joneses, desperate for love.

  Anita Hamilton

  Love Is, Desperate, Bridget Jones

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• Singleness would be recognized as a vital stage of the journey to maturation, a time to learn about who we are, to learn responsibility and self-sufficiency, to identify our true desires, and to confront our inner strengths and demons.

  Harville Hendrix

  Responsibility, Journey, Self

  Harville Hendrix (1993). “Keeping the Love You Find”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• The best single question for testing an organization's character is: What happens when people make mistakes?

  Robert I. Sutton

  Mistake, Character, Organization

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• There is just no way any management with any intelligence and foresight cannot recognize the value of a corporate image. It is the best, single marketable investment that a company can make.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Way, Management, Investment

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• The day you wind up single through divorce or separation is the day you get to test who you really are.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Divorce, Wind, Tests

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• I am only one,
  But still I am one.
  I cannot do everything,
  But still I can do something;
  And because I cannot do everything,
  I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Time

  "The Book of Good Cheer : A Little Bundle of Cheery Thoughts‎" by Edwin Osgood Grover, (p. 28), 1909.

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• I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.

  Theodore Isaac Rubin

  Hurt, Hate, Winning

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• When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

  Eda LeShan

  Self Esteem, Loneliness, Being Alone

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