Yet More Romantic Sayings And Quotes

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Yet More Romantic Sayings And Quotes


“The dark comedies tend to be in a non-releasable area. There can be romantic comedies. There can be dramas. But there’s no ‘dark comedy‘ inbox for the advertising.”
– Gus Van Sant

“Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, ‘Another romantic comedy?’ You see her in something like ‘Walk the Line’ and think, ‘God, you’re so great!’ And then you think, ‘Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?’ But of course, it’s for money and status.”
– Gwyneth Paltrow

“It is really rare to find someone you really, really love and that you want to spend your life with and all that stuff that goes along with being married. I am one of those lucky people. And I think she feels that way too. So the romantic stuff is easy because you want them to be happy.”
– Harry Connick, Jr.

“In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists.”
– Havelock Ellis

“The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.”
– Havelock Ellis

“It’s good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented, and charismatic and stuff.”
– Heather Graham

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.”
– Henry Drummond

“Everyone who knows me knows that I’m a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time.”
– Henry Rollins

“The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny.”
– Hugh Grant

“I’ve often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that’s a very romantic notion. It’s a hideous country to go to in reality.”
– Hugo Weaving

“Conductors’ careers are made for the most part with ‘Romantic’ music. ‘Classic’ music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.”
– Igor Stravinsky

“We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.”
– Irving Babbitt

“The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.”
– Irwin Shaw

“What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one’s nose, taking shortcuts.”
– Italo Calvino

“Well my biggest dream is to be in a romantic comedy.”
– Izabella Scorupco

“Vinyl is the real deal. I’ve always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don’t really own the album. And it’s not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.”
– Jack White

“Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.”
– James Earl Jones

“True happiness and a fullness of joy can be found only in the tender and intimate relationships of the family. However earnestly we may seek success and happiness outside the home through work, leisure activities, or large bank accounts, we will never be fully satisfied emotionally until we develop deep and loving relationships.”
– James J. Jones Ph.D.

“Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.”
– James Joyce

“The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice.”
– James Weldon Johnson

“It’s the contemporary woman that movies don’t know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where both the romance and the comedy are artificial sweeteners.”
– James Wolcott

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.”
– Jane Campion

“Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I’d think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix… I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.”
– Jean-Michel Basquiat

“As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it’s because I’ve played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.”
– Jeff Bridges

“A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life; but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.”
– Jennifer Lopez

“We are in desperate need of a well-done romantic lesbian comedy.”
– Jill Bennett

“Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that’s what I really like.”
– Joan Armatrading

“The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that’s it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test.”
– Joan Chen

“The phrase ‘off with the crack of the bat’, while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.”
– Joe DiMaggio

“There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important.”
– John Boorman

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