Top 120 Greg Behrendt Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “A man who wants to make a relationship work will move mountains to keep the woman he loves.”

— Greg Behrendt

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2. “Life’s biggest rewards come from the biggest challenges.”

— Greg Behrendt

3. “Ive learned that anything in life worth having comes from patience and hard work.”

— Greg Behrendt

4. “For me, a breakup changed my entire life. I was a mess. I really got rocked, and I ended up turning it into a positive thing.”

— Greg Behrendt

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5. “Wasting time with the wrong person is just time wasted.”

— Greg Behrendt

6. “If you bury the pain deep down it will stay with you indefinitely, but if you open yourself to it, experience it, and deal with it head-on, you’ll find it begins to move on after a while.”

— Greg Behrendt

7. “If he’s choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn’t respect your feelings and needs.”

— Greg Behrendt

8. “I believe in love the verb, not the noun.”

— Greg Behrendt

9. “If a man is really into you, nothing will stop him from being with you – including a fear of intimacy.”

— Greg Behrendt

10. “The day you realize you don’t have to make sense to anyone is the day you start to make sense to you.”

— Greg Behrendt

11. “Let’s call cheating what it is: a complete betrayal of trust.”

— Greg Behrendt

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12. “If a guy truly likes you, but for personal reasons he needs to take things slow, he will let you know that immediately. He won’t keep you guessing, because he’ll want to make sure you don’t get frustrated and go away.”

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13. “The word “busy” is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact, in every silo you uncover, all you’re going to find is a man who didn’t care enough to call. Remember: Men are never too busy to get what they want.”

— Greg Behrendt

14. “He’s just not that into you if he’s not asking you out. Because if he likes you, trust me, he will ask you out.”

— Greg Behrendt

15. “There will never be a good time, financially, to get married, unless you’re Shaq or Ray Romano. But somehow people manage. If your man is using money as an excuse not to marry you, it’s your relationship that’s insecure, not his bank account.”

— Greg Behrendt

16. “Remember always what you set out to get, and please don’t settle for less.”

— Greg Behrendt

17. “Life is hard enough as it is without choosing someone difficult to share it with.”

— Greg Behrendt

18. “Don’t waste the pretty.”

— Greg Behrendt

19. “Why should you feel honored for getting scraps of his time?”

— Greg Behrendt

20. “Cheaters never prosper.”

— Greg Behrendt

21. “Young people are gross with their faces and their hope.”

— Greg Behrendt

22. “Lying, cheating, hiding is the exact opposite of the behavior of a man who’s really into you.”

— Greg Behrendt

23. “Maybe this is just me, because my priorities have changed as I’ve gotten older. But now I don’t want to be ‘sort of dating’ someone. I don’t want to be ‘kinda hanging out’ with someone. I don’t want to spend a lot of energy suppressing all my feelings so I appear uninvolved. I want to be involved.”

— Greg Behrendt

24. “We have become a sloppy bunch of people. We say things we don’t mean. We make promises we don’t keep.”

— Greg Behrendt

25. “Always be classy. Never be crazy.”

— Greg Behrendt

26. “It is in that moment, when you really lay down your cards and see the relationship for what it was, that you’ll find the freedom to kick it in the ass and let it go.”

— Greg Behrendt

27. “Uncool is a cool resting place. The pressure’s off me.”

— Greg Behrendt

28. “I’m no longer a prisoner of my fears. Which really just means I’m using real butter.”

— Greg Behrendt

29. “I want you to be yourself, but not with other dudes.”

— Greg Behrendt

30. “He doesn’t need to be reminded you’re great.”

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31. “Men, for the most part, like to pursue women. We like not knowing if we can catch you. We feel rewarded when we do. Especially when the chase is a long one.”

— Greg Behrendt

32. “It’s time to stop pretending I’m ok with things I’m not ok with like all insects and Foster the People.”

— Greg Behrendt

33. “He’s just not that into you if he only wants to see you when he’s drunk. If he likes you, he’ll want to see you when his judgment isn’t impaired.”

— Greg Behrendt

34. “Sometimes people change their minds, sometimes they meet someone else, sometimes they get sober, and sometimes he was just a jerk who you’re lucky to be rid of.”

— Greg Behrendt

35. “Sometimes we become attached to what’s familiar, and sometimes we hold on to things that are safe and predictable, even if they are bad for us.”

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36. “If you can find him, then he can find you. If he wants to find you, he will.”

— Greg Behrendt

37. “When a guy is into you, he lets you know it. He calls, he shows up, he wants to meet your friends, he can’t keep his eyes or hands off of you.”

— Greg Behrendt

38. “A man would rather be trampled by elephants on fire than tell you he’s just not that into you.”

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39. “Here’s something else to think about: calling when you say you’re going to is the very first brick in the house you are building of love and trust. If he can’t lay this one stupid brick down, you ain’t never gonna have a house baby, and it’s cold outside.”

— Greg Behrendt

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40. “There’s a guy out there who’s going to be really happy that you didn’t get back together with your crappy ex-boyfriend.”

— Greg Behrendt

41. “People say get a job doing something you love. So far no one has offered to hire me to eat Whoppers with a switchblade.”

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42. “Don’t you want the guy who’ll forget about all the other things in his life before he forgets about you?”

— Greg Behrendt

43. “Men like to chase and you have to let us chase you. I know. It’s insulting. It’s frustrating. It’s unfortunately the truth.”

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44. “Two people in a relationship either grow together or apart over time.”

— Greg Behrendt

45. “The one cool thing with getting older is that you can actively choose to just be an eccentric.”

— Greg Behrendt

46. “Try not to be four years into a relationship when it suddenly dawns on you that the guy you’re with is a big, selfish jerk.”

— Greg Behrendt

47. “Being brokenhearted is like having broken ribs. On the outside it looks like nothing’s wrong, but every breath hurts.”

— Greg Behrendt

48. “I don’t have to edit myself. I get to be me, warts and all, and that’s ultimately what people want, and to trust each other implicitly.”

— Greg Behrendt

49. “It’s your version of whatever that is. We use those words because they are kind of empowering. Try to get back into your life and get back on track with dreams you have. There’s nothing more attractive than a person who likes herself.”

— Greg Behrendt

50. “Because here’s what guys don’t do if they can’t live without you: They don’t break up with you.”

— Greg Behrendt