It’s that time of year again when you have to watch out for cupid’s arrow and the rising price of roses. Whether you love or hate Valentine’s Day this year, since it is mostly contingent upon you relationship status, here are a few quotes and maybe movie suggestions for however romantic you may feel…
To love oneself is the start of a lifelong romance. (An Ideal Husband, 1999)
He’s the romantic equivalent of a night-light. (
Bed of Roses, 1996)
I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It’s very romantic to be in love, but there’s nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one might be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the whole excitement is over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. (The Importance of Being Ernest, 1952)
Why a clean shirt? What’s up? A romance? (
Design for Living, 1933)
To think, a roommate of mine can romance the panties off a girl and not sleep with her. What the [heck’s] this world coming to? (Chicks, Man 1999)
You love good, you hate evil and you’d do anything for the sake of romance. (
Mother Night, 1996)
Marriage is the Jack Kevorkian of romance. (The Story of Us, 1999)
We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. (
Dead Poets Society, 1989)
Girls like muscles. They like muscles and romantic dinners. (Two if by Sea, 1996)
Have you ever let a romantic moment make you do something that you knew was stupid? (
As Good As It Gets, 1997)
Romance is great, but I just want to remind you, it don’t pay the bills. (She’s the One, 1996)
Happy Valentine’s Day!