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Looking for the perfect words to woo your crush? You've come to the right place. Click on any romantic quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.
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"A guy like you should wear a warning."Source: "Toxic" | Speaker: Britney Spears

"A Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere."Source: Red River | Speaker: Cherry Valance

"A whole new world."Source: Aladdin | Speaker: Aladdin and Princess Jasmine

"All the lonely Starbucks lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane."Source: Blank Space | Speaker: Taylor Swift

"And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet.""Source: Love Story | Speaker: Taylor Swift




"As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."Source: The Fault in our Stars | Author: John Green


"Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row."Source: The Catcher in the Rye | Author: J. D. Salinger


"Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are."Source: The Alchemist | Author: Paulo Coelho

"Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art—"Source: Bright Star, would I were stedfast as thou art | Author: John Keats

"Butts."Source: Bob's Burgers | Speaker: Tina Belcher




"Cause I can't make you love me if you don't."Source: I Can't Make You Love Me | Speaker: Bonnie Raitt

"Come to me in the silence of the night."Source: Echo | Author: Christina Rossetti

"Come up and see me sometime."Source: She Done Him Wrong | Speaker: Lady Lou


"Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?"Source: "Don't Cha" | Speaker: The Pussycat Dolls


"Fat bottomed girls, you make the rocking world go round."Source: Fat Bottomed Girls | Speaker: Queen

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."Source: Gone with the Wind | Speaker: Rhett Butler

"Get ur freak on."Source: "Get Ur Freak On" | Speaker: Missy Elliot

"Giggity giggity"Source: Family Guy | Speaker: Glen Quagmire

"God speed your love to me."Source: "Unchained Melody" | Speaker: The Righteous Brothers

"Have a good life."Source: Cheers | Speaker: Sam Malone

"Have mercy."Source: Full House | Speaker: Uncle Jesse

"He's a sweet talkin', sugar-coated candy man."Source: "Candy Man" | Speaker: Christina Aguilera


"Hello, gorgeous."Source: Funny Girl | Speaker: Fanny Brice


"Here's looking at you, kid."Source: Casablanca | Speaker: Rick

"Hey, Dr. Jones. No time for love!"Source: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Speaker: Short Round


"Hey, where did we go? Days when the rains came..."Source: "Brown-Eyed Girl" | Speaker: Van Morrison

"Hold me closer, tiny dancer."Source: Tiny Dancer | Speaker: Elton John

"Hold me closer, Tony Danza."Source: "Tiny Dancer" | Speaker: Elton John

"Hoo-ah!"Source: Scent of a Woman | Speaker: Lt. Col. Frank Slade


"How do you like them apples?"Source: Good Will Hunting | Speaker: Will Hunting

"How you doin'?"Source: Friends | Speaker: Joey Tribbiani

"I always say a kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara lasts forever."Source: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Speaker: Lorelei Lee

"I can't help falling in love with you."Source: Can't Help Falling in Love | Speaker: Elvis Presley


"I could dance with you 'til the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows 'til you came home."Source: Duck Soup | Speaker: Rufus T. Firefly



"I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me"Source: "As Long As You Love Me" | Speaker: Backstreet Boys

"I don't think that there's anything worse than being ordinary."Source: American Beauty | Speaker: Angela Hayes

"I don't think you ready for this jelly."Source: "Bootylicious" | Speaker: Destiny's Child

"I drove all night to get to you."Source: I Drove All Night | Speaker: Cyndi Lauper, Roy Orbison

"I feel so close to you right now, it's a force field."Source: Feel So Close | Speaker: Calvin Harris

"I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen."Source: Say Anything | Speaker: Lloyd Dobler

"I guess maybe I've even loved you before I saw you."Source: A Place in the Sun | Speaker: George Eastman

"I had a great evening; it was like the Nuremberg Trials."Source: Hannah and Her Sisters | Speaker: Mickey


"I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine."Source: I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Speaker: Marvin Gaye

"I hope you don't mind that I put down in words…"Source: Your Song | Speaker: Elton John


"I just can't get you outta my head."Source: "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Speaker: Kylie Minogue


"I kissed a girl, and I liked it."Source: "I Kissed a Girl" | Speaker: Katy Perry

"I know who I want to take me home"Source: "Closing Time" | Speaker: Semisonic

"I love his Cinema Italiano."Source: Nine | Speaker: Stephanie

"I love that woman. I love her more than sharks love blood."Source: House of Cards | Speaker: Frank Underwood

"I love you more than a wasp can sting."Source: To My Valentine | Author: Ogden Nash

"I love you only because it's you the one I love"Source: I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You | Author: Pablo Neruda

"I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control."Source: Emma (1996 adaptation) | Speaker: Emma Woodhouse

"I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb."Source: It Happened One Night | Speaker: Ellie Andrews

"I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics."Source: Manhattan | Speaker: Isaac Davis

"I want the fairy tale."Source: Pretty Woman | Speaker: Vivian Ward

"I will always love you."Source: I Will Always Love You | Speaker: Dolly Parton (and Whitney Houston)


"I'll have what she's having."Source: When Harry Met Sally | Speaker: A deli patron


"I'm everything I am because you loved me."Source: Because You Loved Me | Speaker: Celine Dion

"I'm just a fool, a fool in love with you."Source: "Earth Angel" | Speaker: The Penguins


"I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain."Source: Singin' in the Rain | Speaker: Don Lockwood

"If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger."Source: Wuthering Heights | Author: Emily Brontë

"If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it."Source: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) | Speaker: Beyoncé


"If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends."Source: "Wannabe" | Speaker: Spice Girls

"In sleep, he sang to me. In dreams, he came. That voice which calls to me and speaks my name."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: Christine Daae

"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen

"Islands in the stream, that is what we are."Source: Islands in the Stream | Speaker: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers


"It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea"Source: Annabel Lee | Author: Edgar Allan Poe

"It's amazing. You look like a normal person, but actually you are the angel of death."Source: When Harry Met Sally | Speaker: Sally Albright

"It's not the men in your life that counts. It's the life in your men."Source: I'm No Angel | Speaker: Tira

"It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage."Source: Raiders of the Lost Ark | Speaker: Indiana Jones

"It's October 3rd."Source: Mean Girls | Speaker: Cady Heron

"It's something about the way you look tonight."Source: "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Speaker: Elton John

"Jane. Tarzan."Source: Tarzan the Ape Man | Speaker: Tarzan

"Keep me hangin' on."Source: "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | Speaker: The Supremes

"Killing me softly…"Source: "Killing Me Softly With His Song" | Speaker: Roberta Flack

"Kiss my hot lips."Source: M*A*S*H | Speaker: "Hot Lips" Houlihan

"La-di-da."Source: Annie Hall | Speaker: Annie Hall


"Let's get it on."Source: Let's Get It On | Speaker: Marvin Gaye

"Let's get physical."Source: Physical | Speaker: Olivia Newton-John




"Look at the stars, look how they shine for you."Source: "Yellow" | Speaker: Coldplay


"Love means never having to say you're sorry."Source: Love Story | Speaker: Jenny

"Mamma mia, here I go again. My, my, how can I resist you?"Source: Mamma Mia | Speaker: ABBA

"Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time."Source: "Maybe I'm Amazed" | Speaker: Paul McCartney

"Me, Tarzan. You, Jane."Source: Tarzan the Ape Man | Speaker: Tarzan



"My love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone."Source: The Boys of Summer | Speaker: Don Henley

"Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half."Source: Ninotchka | Speaker: Count Leon d'Algout


"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."Source: Dirty Dancing | Speaker: Johnny Castle

"O my Luve's like a Red, Red Rose That's newly sprung in June"Source: A Red, Red Rose | Author: Robert Burns

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."Source: Casablanca | Speaker: Rick Blaine

"Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."Source: Now, Voyager | Speaker: Charlotte Vale

"Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: The Phantom

"Out of the sea, wish I could be, part of your world."Source: Part of Your World | Speaker: Ariel

"Pardon the egg salad stains, but I'm in love."Source: Marginalia | Author: Billy Collins

"Play it again, Sam."Source: Casablanca | Speaker: Ilsa Lund

"Play it, Sam."Source: Casablanca | Speaker: Ilsa Lund

"Pour some sugar on me."Source: Pour Some Sugar on Me | Speaker: Def Leppard

"Pretty woman, give your smile to me."Source: Oh, Pretty Woman | Speaker: Roy Orbison

"Pretty woman, walkin' down the street."Source: Oh, Pretty Woman | Speaker: Roy Orbison

"Pretty young thing"Source: "P.Y.T." | Speaker: Michael Jackson

"Private eyes. They're watching you. They see your every move."Source: "Private Eyes" | Speaker: Hall and Oates


"Saturday night's alright for fighting."Source: Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting | Speaker: Elton John

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: Christine Daae

"Schwing!"Source: Saturday Night Live and Wayne's World | Speaker: Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar


"See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen."Source: "Dancing Queen" | Speaker: ABBA


"Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours."Source: Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours | Speaker: Stevie Wonder

"Snap out of it!"Source: Moonstruck | Speaker: Loretta Castorini


"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."Source: The Fault in Our Stars | Author: John Green

"Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you its only seed."Source: The Rose | Speaker: Bette Midler


"Sweet dreams are made of this."Source: "Sweet Dreams" | Speaker: The Eurythmics

"Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, Beauty and the beast."Source: Beauty and the Beast | Speaker: Mrs. Potts

"That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be undid, Homeskillet."Source: Juno | Speaker: Rollo

"That's a dealbreaker!"Source: 30 Rock | Speaker: Liz Lemon

"That's the way love goes."Source: "That's the Way Love Goes" | Speaker: Janet Jackson

"That's when you know you've found somebody really special. When you can just…comfortably share silence."Source: Pulp Fiction | Speaker: Mia Wallace


"The only one who could ever reach me was the son of a preacher man."Source: Son of a Preacher Man | Speaker: Dusty Springfield


"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment."Source: The Truth About Forever | Author: Sarah Dessen

"There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernando."Source: Fernando | Speaker: ABBA

"They were renewed by love; the heart of each held infinite sources of life for the heart of the other."Source: Crime and Punishment | Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"Tonight I can write the saddest lines"Source: Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines | Author: Pablo Neruda

"Under the boardwalk, down by the sea..."Source: "Under the Boardwalk" | Speaker: The Drifters

"Vould you like to have a roll in ze hay?"Source: Young Frankenstein | Speaker: Inga

"We accept the love we think we deserve."Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Author: Stephen Chbosky

"We'll always have Paris."Source: Casablanca | Speaker: Rick Blaine

"Well, nobody's perfect."Source: Some Like It Hot | Speaker: Osgood Fielding III

"What a treacherous thing to believe a person is more than a person."Source: Paper Towns | Author: John Green

"What about love?"Source: "What About Love" | Speaker: Heart

"What you call love was invented by guys like me...to sell Nylons."Source: Mad Men | Speaker: Don Draper

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."Source: Wuthering Heights | Author: Emily Brontë

"Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there…"Source: "Drive" | Speaker: Incubus


"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."Source: When Harry Met Sally | Speaker: Harry Burns

"When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall."Source: Roxanne | Speaker: C.D. Bales

"Whenever, wherever"Source: "Whenever, Wherever" | Speaker: Shakira

"Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad."Source: Let's Stay Together | Speaker: Al Green

"Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?"Source: "What's Love Got to Do With It?" | Speaker: Tina Turner


"Will you accept this rose?"Source: The Bachelor | Speaker: Bachelors

"Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?"Source: Hell's Angels | Speaker: Helen


"You can't live forever; you can't live forever."Source: The Great Gatsby | Speaker: F. Scott Fitzgerald

"You complete me."Source: Jerry Maguire | Speaker: Jerry Maguire


"You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not."Source: My Sister's Keeper | Author: Jodi Picoult

"You gotta kiss the girl."Source: Kiss the Girl | Speaker: Sebastian the Crab

"You had me at hello."Source: Jerry Maguire | Speaker: Dorothy Boyd

"You just put your lips together and blow."Source: To Have and Have Not | Speaker: Slim

"You know I read it in a magazine, oh-oh."Source: Bennie and the Jets | Speaker: Elton John

"You make me feel like I'm a living teenage dream."Source: "Teenage Dream" | Speaker: Katy Perry

"You make me want to be a better man."Source: As Good As It Gets | Speaker: Melvin Udall

"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you."Source: Persuasion | Author: Jane Austen

"You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down."Source: It's a Wonderful Life | Speaker: George Bailey


"You're a heartbreaker."Source: Heartbreaker | Speaker: Pat Benatar

"You're motoring. What's your price for flight?"Source: "Sister Christian" | Speaker: Night Ranger

"You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man."Source: Body Heat | Speaker: Matty Walker

"You're trying to seduce me."Source: The Graduate | Speaker: Ben Braddock

"You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."Source: The Great Gatsby | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald


"Your body is a wonderland."Source: "Your Body is a Wonderland" | Speaker: John Mayer

"Your love keeps lifting me higher."Source: "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" | Speaker: Jackie Wilson