Patti Stanger's Quotes

I'm Jewish, I can say it. We're storytellers. We were the moneylenders... Therefore we tell great tales to get what we need. I love Jewish men. They make the best husbands.

I'm on the Sensa diet. It's a little magic powder based on Dr. Hirsh's clinical trials and studies and it basically signals the brain that you're full through smellology.

If I was in a situation where it wasn't working and I had a choice with another man, I'm gonna assess it like a business deal: who is the better person for me?

If you have been divorced once - male or female, but especially for females - and you're over 40 you're actually a commodity. It means you were able to commit once, and you'll do it again.

If you're a successful woman, chances are that you spend a ton of time working. You're probably on your email a lot, taking phone calls and going on regular business trips that don't involve your man. He can start to feel left out of a very important and very time-consuming part of your life.

It's hard for women who make a lot of money and make decisions all day long, then they have to come home and be 'Stupid Sally.' Men need respect, and they need to know that they can lead in the relationship, so even if they don't make the most money they need to be able to call the shots.

On both 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' it seems like proposing marriage is equivalent to saying, 'Let's date.' Everyone knows those aren't the same things.

Successful men don't date up. They are intimidated by wealthy women unless they are blue bloods. Successful men want to always take care of their women, and that means financially.

Taylor Swift dates guys so she can write a breakup song about them. I don't think she's dating for love - I think she's dating for creativity. So let's get her off the market and put her in dating detox. If she really wants love, she has to stop writing music about them.

The best part about being a matchmaker is you are getting credits in heaven, as I really believe I work for God. The worst part is that matchmakers can often fix everyone up, all the way to the altar, but cannot find love themselves, so it is bittersweet.

The rich are different. Their wants are very high maintenance. They'll pick eye color and hair color, all the way down to what she does for a living, what school she went to. Their list can be extremely long. But at the end of the day, dating is dating, because they're human beings.

There are a lot of millionairess situations. I'm one of them. I've always dated down financially. And now I'm changing my tune on that one. Things are going to change for me.

Think back to yourself at age 18. I know I was mighty different than the Patti I am today. As we grow up, we grow out of our haircuts, our apartments and - often times - our romantic decisions.

We're all getting plastic surgery. Come on, this is the game here, and HDTV exaggerates all the features. Yeah, I'm proud of it, because we're all doing it. Nobody's talking about it.

When a man gets cheated on, I'm like, 'Meh, he'll find somebody else.' When a woman gets cheated on, that's a deep wound. I think when a man is widowed, like Liam Neeson, I think that has more of an effect - you had a great love and the universe took her.

When you know what the male species is looking for - 'I'm not into a redhead,' 'I don't want a fat chick,' - I have to tell them that X won't date you unless you're this. I'm just the messenger.

If you're giving love and not receiving it, you're not in the right relationship. If you're receiving it and not giving it than you are taking advantage of the other person.

Gays don't have a lot of testosterone. I'm talking about that they use both sides of their brain. Straight men only use one side. Gay men are very bright, very handsome... they put themselves better together. They dress good, they decorate, they clean, they cook.

A lot of Hollywood couples get married young and wind up growing out of their relationship.

I had a breast reduction.

I have put gay dating on the map.

I probably should be a little more cautious with how I speak, and I think my delivery needs to be a little softer.

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

I used to practice Wicca.

I was a D student in high school and on the dean's list in college.

I was single for a really long time, then I realized I had abandonment issues. Then I found love online.

I'd like to adopt an older child, maybe 5 years old.

I'd like to date another millionaire. I've never done that.

I'm a very stereotypical person... and that's part of my flavor, I guess, because I tell it like it is.

I'm an advocate for gay marriage. I have more gay friends than Carter has pills.

I'm recognizable in certain circles, like girls know me, couples know me. But not all straight men know me.

I'm very quiet and shy in my personal life, as hard as that is to believe.

If I weren't a matchmaker, I'd be a chef.

If you're going to get engaged make sure you've talked to your partner about life together in the years to come.

It hit me really hard that I want kids in my life.

It's not easy to date when you're hefty. Besides I like feeling thin because it makes me feel amorous.

It's not hard to find a date if you are Jewish in New York and Miami, but its hard in Texas.

My favorite splurge would be gluten-free pizza. Or I'm a total truffle addict so truffle mac and cheese.

Oprah didn't want to put me on the show for a really long time because she thought I was more for the men than for the women.

The only way you'll have a pen of potential Romeos from your past to choose from is to actually have a past.

There is no 100 percent pre-nup.