Quotes from Chris Harrison

Before every season we take the Bachelor or Bachelorette out for publicity shots and video.

As a grown adult, if you can't look a woman or look a man in the eye and say, 'I have serious feelings for you' and instead you have to say, 'Do you like me? Check yes or no,' like we're in grade school, that to me is a red flag of maturity as far as a relationship goes.

I'm a big foodie and I love the Food Network. I watch it alarmingly too much.

Dating is hard. It's difficult and not quantity, but quality. Finding a good person.

Once I got divorced, there was this knee-jerk reaction to get back in the action and date. I think there's something wrong in that.

I should be better with my grammar and set a better example for my kids. Just not sure that ain't gonna happen.

I'm from Texas and grew up in the South. Very old-school and traditional. Married, had a kid. Suit and tie. The guy next door.

The scariest thing about reality TV is having all new characters that you have to be introduced to.

I was just a scrawny, skinny kid just trying to survive like any other boy in high school.

I still hold myself and my marriage up very high. I look upon it with great pride, great honor and great memories. I have no regrets.

That's one of the things that is hardest about being the Bachelor. You often have to end relationships that are actually going quite well, just because your time together is up. If other relationships are further along, you have to go with your gut and follow your heart.

Unfortunately, no matter how much time you get, you can always use more.

I've been able to see the world many times over. The thing I've learned is less is more. I travel as light as possible. I try to carry on.

I am intensely private and don't live out loud despite what I do for a living.

The Bachelor's' a very interesting thing, you can't fake your way through it.

Listen to Your Heart' was a blank slate. Yeah, there was this outside idea of 'Bachelor in Paradise' meets 'A Star Is Born,' but what does that mean? You have to actually define that, make it happen.

Whether Mike Fleiss knew it at the start or not, the genius behind the show is that it's so simple. 'The Bachelor' is just about the one currency that transfers all around the world.

When we do 'The Bachelor,' usually we'll tell the ladies two suitcases and that's it, cause we gotta travel around the world. Inevitably there are a few that will come with five, six suitcases and we're like, this doesn't work, this is not going to be a thing.

I started [in television] as a local sportscaster in Oklahoma City and that will always be my love. It's kind of what I live for.

As a self-proclaimed doctor of love, I know a couple things to be true: One, when you get a chance to kiss a beautiful woman, you take it. Secondly, there's no crying in baseball or on video shoots.

Growing up in Texas, I am a sunflower seeds and Dr. Pepper guy. If I have that, I'm pretty much good to go on any road trip, anywhere.

The truth is that the right decision often can't be led with either head or heart exclusively.

I always say 'The Bachelor' doesn't create and drive social issues. We're a microcosm of what's happening in the world.

I hear from many soldiers who are proud members of Bachelor Nation.