Subject: Emotions » Love

Happiness is the China shop; love is the bull.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Love is blind… but marriage is the real eye-opener.

If love was easy, there would be almost no music.

(1960 – ) American comedian

Love is a lot like a backache… it doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

Love thy neighbor… and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

In real love you want the other person's good; in romantic love, you want the other person.

(1886 – 1973) American writer

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you’re telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

When someone you love is hurting, if it was possible, you’d want to take their pain for them… but do I really want cramps and sore boobs?

(1956 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & television ho

Beware the pull on your heartstrings… it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.

co-founder of website Snopes.com

Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate the joy of being in love… unless you’re single & lonely then it’s called Laundry Day.

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & actor

A woman in love can't be reasonable – or she probably wouldn't be in love.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Jealousy and love are sisters.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.

(1749 – 1832) German writer & statesman

Love: Two minds without a single thought.

(1896 – 1949) American dramatist

Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

The only difference in the game of love over the last few thousand years is that they've changed trumps from clubs to diamonds.

Saving love doesn't bring any interest.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

What’s the point of having children if you can’t buy their love?

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)