Partner Quotes: Inspiring Words on Togetherness and Teamwork (Page 3)

"In choosing a partner, always pick the optimist"

"My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband"

John Conyers, Politician

"As a head-hunter I get a lot of satisfaction from seeing my candidates do well and therefore my clients happy. I want to work with clients more as a partner than simply a head-hunter"

Bruce Bennett, Actor

"There are only two guidelines in good sex, don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find out what are your partner needs and don't balk them if you can help it"

Alex Comfort, Author

"All men and women have an equal need for love. When these needs are not fulfilled it is easy to have our feelings hurt, for which we blame our partner"

John Gray, Author

"Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist"

Jane Campion, Director

"My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer"

Taylor Hackford, Director

"I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can"

Franka Potente, Actress

"Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research"

Kenneth G. Wilson, Scientist

"I daresay I was the worst bed partner in five continents"

Martha Gellhorn, Journalist

"Demand no more out of your partner than what you are willing to give yourself"

Martha Quinn, Celebrity

"A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?"

Rudolf Nureyev, Dancer

"Intel's still our main partner. We have not announced anything with AMD and don't have anything planned, but we're constantly being aware to make sure our customers get the best technology"

Kevin Rollins, Businessman

"We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who's halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers and shareholders, and get their feedback"

Jim Barksdale, Businessman

"The U.S. is looking to India as more then just a marketplace for our defense products, but as a technology, aerospace and strategic partner for our future endeavors"

Kit Bond, Politician

"It seems to me that a mutually beneficial relationship between a man and woman requires the man to be dominant. A sensible woman will allow the man to think he is the most important partner"

Beryl Bainbridge, Novelist

"This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the United Kingdom as a paying, fully participating partner"

John Spratt, Politician

"It is not in the interest of the German people or in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a pawn or a partner in a military struggle for power between the East and the West"

James F. Byrnes, Politician

"But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel continue anti-terrorist operations in the Persian Gulf"

Paul Cellucci, Politician

"I don't own everything, I do have a partner"

Mickey Gilley, Musician

"My partner and I won the race, and I threw my hat into the air and bent to pick it up. Everyone started laughin' because I had split the back end of my pants out, and I wasn't wearing shorts"

Chris LeDoux, Musician

"I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner"

Elisabeth Rohm, Actress

"In the best of all possible worlds, February 14 is a pleasant and sentimental opportunity to lavish your partner with attention or move your relationship to the next level"

Pepper Schwartz

"My partner and I are looking at several locations on Park Avenue South and Midtown for a new restaurant space"

Bobby Flay, Celebrity

"You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you can find in it, and if you are really lucky, a terrific partner and I have that and those four things worked out for me"

Donald Sutherland, Actor

"So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game"

Jeremy Irons, Actor

"Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade"

Warren Zevon, Musician

"Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength to a Germany which was already the strongest economic partner in Europe"

Douglas Hurd, Politician

"We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner"

Bill Richardson, Politician

"In 1972 I married again, to Elisabeth Case; she continues to be wife, companion, critic and editor: a partner in the projects and programs that we undertake"

Douglass North, Economist

"If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner"

Gerhard Schroder, Statesman

"I just didn't know who was going to be my partner. I knew that once I had grown to be a man that I was going to attract the person that I deserved to be with, or deserved to be with me"

Boris Kodjoe, Actor

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