Quotes About Compatibility

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it - to that end a slight physical antipathy must probably help.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

If you're not a bad influence, we can't be friends.

Not being loved back hurts, but realize that it's a sign that you're trying to be with someone that you're not meant to be with.

You're not perfect and I'll save you the suspense. I am not perfect either...but surely we're perfect for each other.

Just like you wouldn't give a book to someone who doesn't know how to read, don't give your heart to someone who doesn't know how to love.

David Lean is very, very easy to get on with.

When you're with a person for a long period of time, you get to know what they can and can't do.

Your love is your love. It doesn't matter whether you're 18 or 68; there can still be someone that makes you feel that way.

My mother was a fine woman. But it couldn't have worked. Dad was such a macho guy and she was eight years older and becoming matronly.

The way I play, some managers are going to like me, some managers are not going to like me.

A marriage doesn't have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.

Marriages that last are with people who do not live in Los Angeles.

Some of the reason why we marry the wrong people is that we don't really understand ourselves.

You don't want to marry somebody who's just like you.

The deal is: most men just want to marry someone who is nice to them.

I don't think I can marry a person who I don't know; I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with him. I rather get to know the person first and then decide, instead of saying yes first and regretting it later.

Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points.

Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits. ... We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children .... [p. 15]

But who can say why two people become a couple, that small principality of mutual protection and regard? Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points.

The reality is this, though: a healthy person coupled with an unhealthy person will still result in an unhealthy relationship.

We both have our independence and freedom, but we have those things with each other. It's a paradox, but it works. It all reminded me of what my friend Henry Cloud told me, that when two people are entirely and completely separate they are finally compatible to be one. Nobody's self-worth lives inside of another person. Intimacy means we are independently together.

When two people are entirely and completely separate they are finally compatible to be one. Nobody's self-worth lives inside of another person. Intimacy means we are independently together.

when two people are entirely and completely separate they are finally compatible to be one. Nobody's self-worth lives inside of another person. Intimacy means we are independently together.