Courtship Quotes

“Women who do not play hard to get are hard to get.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

See how the skilful lover spreads his toils.

— Benjamin Stillingfleet

In courtship a man pursues a woman until she catches him

— Proverb

Ah, fool! faint heart fair lady ne'er could win.

— Edmund Spenser

Money spent, will never out value spent time.

— Anthony Liccione

There is too little courtship in the world.

— Vernon Lee

Some people play hard to get. I play hard to want.

— Andrew Dice Clay

A YES can be a hope of someone...

— Missyrie

Trust me--with women worth the being won, The softest lover ever best succeeds.

— Aaron Hill

I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.

— William Shakespeare

At 14 I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing…

— Gene Kelly

“Courtship? Had I said courtship ? What did I think, that this was Jane freakin' Eyre?”

— Terri Farley

Courtship is only dead when y'all deal with men who weren't taught how to treat a woman. keep chasing those though.

— Anonymous

It is your virtue, being men, to try; And it is ours, by virtue to deny.

— Michael Drayton

“Sea horses have complicated routines for courtship, and tend to mate under full moons, making musical sounds while doing so. ”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“Here are officers enough in Meryton to disappoint all the young ladies in the country.”

— Jane Austen

To dance with a man is to concentrate a twelvemonth's regulation fire upon him in the fragment of an hour. To pass…

— Thomas Hardy

“For a species low in male parental investment, the basic dynamic of courtship, as we’ve seen, is pretty simple: the male really…

— Robert Wright

I hate the countrie's dirt and manners, yet I love the silence; I embrace the wit; A courtship, flowing here in full…

— William Habington

“I challenge a man to a duel before allowing him near me, and then I take an arrow, dip it in poison,…

— Donna Lynn Hope

The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party…

— Joseph Addison

I don’t believe in courtship.It’s a waste of time. If I love the person, I’ll tell her right away. But for you,…

— Ferdinand Marcos

At 14, I discovered girls. At that time, dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing…

— Gene Kelly

The Greek epigram intimates that the force of love is not shown by the courting of beauty, but where the like desire…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

What our grandmothers told us about playing hard to get is true. The whole point of the game is to impress and…

— Helen Fisher

Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet." "You'll be just as annoying?" I guessed. He fixed my with those warm brown…

— Rick Riordan

I'm wide open to getting married, but actors are not easy people to date. You end up sharing that person with this…

— Seth MacFarlane

Several years ago, I was creating a Christmas present for the family, a self-published cookbook featuring recipes my grandmother had collected and…

— Kristina McMorris

I was gushing and I knew it. I surprised myself with my eagerness to please, felt myself saying too much, explaining too…

— Philip Roth

As the tide of feminism that crested two decades ago recedes and the old advance-and-retreat games of courtship return, "Pride & Prejudice"…

— Stephen Holden

My love affair with (him) had a wonderful element of romance to it, which I will always cherish. But it was not…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The cute and adorable angel , loving her was out of my 90' angle. I love her perfect and imperfections. When I…

— Frederick Komba

“Turning, she smiled with genuine affection at Lord Marchman and offered him her hand through the open window of the coach. “Thank…

— Judith McNaught

“All these crushing questions; but whatever else remained the same, the light had changed, and you cannot find the pearly dawn at…

— George Eliot

On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the…

— David Lack

More and more, leadership, whether it's profit or nonprofit, is about recruiting and keeping talented people. That's the biggest challenge. Yes, you've…

— Robert Reich

“...while Norah described to me her plans for carpets and curtains, or showed me the sample of bedspread material she had hung…

— Shirley Hazzard

“My letters! all dead paper, mute and white! And yet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous hands which loose the…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Rake,” came the succinct reply. “Oh, all right,” Lillian grumbled. “I suppose he is a rake. But that may not be an…

— Lisa Kleypas

“have no idea how delicate and beautiful a thing a real feathered courtship is. To tell the truth, these foreigners have associated…

— Bradford Torrey