Famous Quotes

"I think the institute of marriage is a noble thing. The idea of a partner for life is incredibly romantic. But now we're living to 100. A hundred years ago people were dying at age 37. Til death do us part was a much different deal."

Debra Messing on Romantic

More quotes about Romantic

• "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow."

  William Shakespeare on Romantic

• "Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance."

  Oscar Wilde on Romantic

• "The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime."

  Billy Graham on Romantic

• "A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure."

  Charlie Chaplin on Romantic

• "Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw."

  Fran Lebowitz on Romantic

More quotes by Debra Messing

• "My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can give to your child."

• "I come from the New York theatre world, and I have a lot of gay male friends, so this friendship of Will and Grace's isn't such a stretch."

• "When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection."

• "Yes, women, and men, have to be open to love, because if we're not open then there's no way for us to find happiness. But you can be open to it and still have no control over when it's going to happen."

• "When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection."