Phil McGraw

“As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are.”

“Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way.”

“I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.”

“When I was practicing psychology, I used to tell myself if I ever get to where I'm just doing this for the money or I'm just going through the motions, I'll quit.”

“I do not believe, even remotely, that you have to have a partner in your life in order to be whole, in order to be complete, in order to be fulfilled. You just don't have to.”

“People are used to being coddled.”

“Well, let me tell you, if you're 45, had three children and are post-menopausal, you're not going to weigh what you did the day you graduated from high school. Get that out of your head. That's a media-driven ideal that you're never going to healthfully obtain.”

“The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!”

“The most you get is what you ask for.”

“There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.”

“Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.”

“A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.”

“When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.”

“A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.”

“I have some wonderful friends from the Mideast that are as red, white and blue as anybody you know, that have been harassed, and I think it's a terrible, terrible thing.”

“We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of.”

“Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.”

“I think I've got the best staff in television.”

“I think you're running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, 'Brace yourself honey, here I come!'”

“It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.”