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“He loved me true did Harry-boy and I loved him true, and if the happiness we gave each other was wicked and wrong in the eyes of the Law and the Church and God Almighty, then the Law and the Church and God Almighty can go dig a hole and fall down it.”
Noël Coward (1899–1973) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Me and the Girls (1964)
“The chief business of my life has always been to indulge my senses; I never knew anything of greater importance. I felt myself born for the fair sex, I have ever loved it dearly, and I have been loved by it as often and as much as I could.”
Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) said by 1798 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I loved, I was loved, my health was good, I had a great deal of money, and I spent it, I was happy and I confessed it to myself.”
Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) said by 1798 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: History of My Life (trans. Trask 1967), 1997 reprint, v. 8, chapter 10, p. 274
“Truthfully, I loved working on every episode [of Seinfeld], we just had the best time and got along great, and there were a number of years when the show wasn't successful and we still loved it.”
Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?”
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) said by 1593 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First Sestiad. The same statement occurs in As You Like It (1600) by William Shakespeare, and a similar one in The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596) by George Chapman.
“That was perhaps the only woman I have ever loved — no — that I ever should have loved. Ah, well! who can tell? Circumstances rule one. And then — and then — all passes.”
Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) said by 1893 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
Paulo Coelho (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He loved his country as no other man has loved her; but no man deserved less at her hands.”
Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) first seen 1863 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epitaph of Philip Nolan in "The Man Without a Country" (1863)
“No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being a physicist, my father was a great believer in progress, but he also loved nature. He was a photographer, and outside of taking the occasional family photographs, all he did was photograph nature. He loved birds. That meant a lot to me growing up. Healthy progress also means we have to be concerned for the environment. That may have something to do with what I believe about farming.”
Dave Matthews (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who has loved often has loved never.”
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) said by 1873 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here comes another one, just like the other one Looking at himself but wishing he was someone else Because the posters on the wall they don't look like him And so he ties it up he tucks it in, he pulls it back and gives a grin Laughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at all He knows he ain't loved at all”
Jack Johnson (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex, and men need to have sex to feel loved, so the basic act of continuing the species requires a lie from one of you.”
Billy Connolly (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The DC world was: There’s good and bad, and it’s an absolute thing. But Marvel had characters like the Sub-Mariner, who was a hero to his people and a villain to the surface world. I can have good and bad thoughts, basically. And I loved it. I’ve always loved it.”
Walter Mosley (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.”
Jacques Deval (1890–1972) said by 1972 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Barbara K. Rodes and Rice Odell, A Dictionary of Environmental Quotations (1992), p. 22
“She was leaving the world as woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Mariam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad.”
Khaled Hosseini (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mama was a looker, Lord, how she shined. Papa was a good'n, But the jealous kind. Papa loved Mama; Mama loved men. Mama's in the graveyard; Papa's in the pen.”
Garth Brooks (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But oh, to him I loved Who loved me not at all, I owe the little open gate That led thru heaven's wall.”
Sara Teasdale (1884–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is vain to try to sacrifice once for all one's youthful ideals. When a man has loved literature as I loved it at twenty, he cannot be satisfied at twenty-six to give up his early passion, even at the bidding of implacable necessity.”
Paul Bourget (1852–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not easy to make an effort and to remember all the little personalia of some one one has loved very much, and by whom one has been loved.”
Isa Bowman (1874–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish I loved the human Race, I wish I loved its silly face, I wish I liked the way it walks, I wish I liked the way it talks, And when I'm introduced to one, I wish I thought "what jolly fun"!”
Walter Raleigh (professor) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I first appeared, people couldn't figure out whether I was gay, straight, black, white or whatever, and I loved that. I loved the fact it scares people.”
Pink (singer) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Philly girl". Interview with Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2006.
“(My mother) loved Madea…She told me whatever you do, don't stop playing this character. She loved Madea. My mother, even though we look alike, she was a much more beautiful version of this character for sure.”
Tyler Perry (born 1969) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his mother’s love for his popular character Madea in “Tyler Perry explains why he's retiring his beloved Madea character” in CNN (2019 Mar 1)
“My plea to you is this: despite your sadness, do not forget how happy you have made me; do not forget that I loved a man who loved me in return, and this was the greatest gift I could ever hope to receive.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That was the other thing that drew me to India-the language. In high school my Latin teacher taught me Greek unofficially on Monday nights. I loved Greek; I loved the idea that there was another script. And then my Latin teacher told me there was a language that was even older and more interesting than Greek: Sanskrit. So everything started coming together-the art, the literature, the language.”
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“i found god in myself & i loved her/i loved her fiercely”
Ntozake Shange (1948–2018) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (1976)
“I loved the way Judaism does life cycle events. I loved the idea of having one day of the week off. (Even though, if I don’t believe, there’s no reason why it would be Saturday and not Tuesday). I related to Jewish music, to the food, and even the spirituality part, I’ll admit it.”
Abby Stein (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He absolutely loved life and loved people and his family and gave it everything that he could. He was always so focused on doing what he thought was important or the right thing, and there was a joy that came out of that. I wish I could find my own and I seek to do that.”
Beto O'Rourke (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I lost myself anyway. Every little thing. I had always loved the fancy soaps at my aunts’ houses. I loved the ones that smelled like geranium and lilac best of all.”
Clemantine Wamariya (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I really wanted to be a model when I was little. I loved photography and I loved being on camera. But I was short and chubby so I couldn’t. Anyway, being an artist is way more interesting than just being a model because it’s about you and what you want to be. You’re not being treated like a clothes hanger.”
Billie Eilish (born 2001) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Billie Eilish interview: The 15-year-old pop sensation aiming right for the top" by David Smyth, Evening Standard (30 October 2017)
“From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.”
Louise Glück (1943–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His death has deprived us of a great champion - one that I loved very much. My past is scarred with grief; parents, brother, son. My life is full of sad memories. I look back and see the faces of my loved ones, and among them I see him.”
Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ferrari's response to the death of famed racing driver Gilles Villeneueve in 1982, as quoted by Gerald Donaldson in Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver (1989), p. 322
“I can say with Amado Nervo that "I loved and was loved and the sun caressed my face." But all of that happened in the School of Philosophy and Letters, in the halls that led from one classroom to another, from a lesson poorly noted, from a tutorial en route to a professional degree.”
Rosario Castellanos (1924–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t be afraid to be who you want to be, express yourself. I don’t attach too much to myself; I’m never afraid to ask for help. I’m never afraid to say how I feel to my loved ones. If there is a problem, I call my loved ones. Express yourself. On earth, you didn’t come alone, that is why there are other people here.”
Beverly Osu (born 1992) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beverly advice young girls in 2020.
“What a joy to share what I loved most with those I loved most.”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was ready for retirement. I loved the job, the students and liked interacting with them, though they may have said other things. I loved challenging them to be their best. Before retirement came, I was mentally prepared for it. I had also managed my resources carefully so that it would not be a major shock financially.”
Abiola Odejide (born 1946) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prof Abiola speak on preparation for her retirement in 2020.
“If you are loved, you never lose the person who loved you. You carry them with you all your life.”
Alice Hoffman (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I began to realize what everyone in the world knows and routinely forgets: that to be loved sexually is to be loved not for one's actual self but for one's ability to arouse desire in the other...Only the thoughts in one's mind or intuitions of the spirit can attract permanently...”
Vivian Gornick (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of my nicest memories is of father having me downstairs in his study before I went to bed. He would put me on his knee and encourage me to put my fingers in the ink pots on his desk and draw pictures on his huge blotters. He loved it, and of course I loved it too.”
Esther Cleveland (1893–1980) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview with the AP on her memories of living in the White House (The Register-Guard, 6 Jul 1962)
“For me to know Aretha Franklin did the soundtrack, I loved it and did not have a problem with it. Of course in retrospect we know the audience was so hyper-devoted to the original and would have loved to hear us do an album or CD on it. It is what it is and I was very thrilled that Aretha did it, frankly.”
Lonette McKee (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I call to minde the good and assured affectyoune that somtyme was betwene your brother the Laird of Lyddington and me, whome I protest I loved as derely as ever I loved man not born in England, and not many in England better.”
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–1588) first seen 1585 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a letter to John Maitland (28 July 1585), concerning Leicester's old political ally ; A. I. Cameron, ed., The Warrender Papers, vol. 1, Scottish History Society, 3rd series, XVIII (1931), no. CXV
“Between 500 and 600 young people will be running. It will be beautiful. Imad loved sports; he played football, a little rugby when he was younger, swimming, and a little athletics at the beginning. He loved sports and culture; he always had a sports bag or a book in his hand. This tribute means a lot to this great boy, this great man, whom I will never forget.”
Latifa Ibn Ziaten (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As important as our stories are, we veterans are among the lucky ones. We returned home to our loved ones, and our sacrifices don't stack up to the ones made by those who didn't. We as a people must never forget those who didn't get to come home or their loved ones who have a vacant chair at the table.”
Hershel W. Williams (1923–2022) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Foreword to The Rifle (2021) by Andy Biggio, New York: Regnery, 2022 paperback edition, p. xiii-xiv
“I’ve always loved math, but I don’t think it always loved me back”
Ranthony Edmonds wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With technology I felt like anybody can do it, that it’s something for regular guys and girls. I loved that. I loved the democratization of success that technology offered”
Everette Taylor (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The biggest legacy I want to leave behind is how much I loved and was loved by my tribe”
Sydney Park (born 1997) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: SYDNEY PARK OPENS UP ABOUT COMEDY, ACTING, AND HER BOLD NEW SOUND WITH DEBUT EP ‘BACK AGAINST THE WALL’ 5 December, 2024
“I’m the storm they thought would never hit, the silence they should have feared, the one who finally realized they never loved me. They loved controlling me.”
Claudine Barretto (born 1979) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Claudine Barretto drops quote about being ‘labeled the villain’, By: Anne Pasajol INQUIRER.net 4 November 2025.
“We shot it at a big amapiano party called House of Piano that used to happen every year. It was mandatory for us to be there because we were driving the culture. It was massive, it was crazy. People loved what was happening in the video and the [party energy] is what people loved. It was the first video that’s just instrumentals, there were no lyrics, nothing.”
“I always loved the strategy side of it, and as I continued and ended up captaining Australia, I loved the preparation.”
Aaron Finch (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m not going to tell you that I’ve never been loved before, but being loved the way that makes you feel completely satiated is a different thing”
Niecy Nash-Betts (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source