My funny Valentine notes, quotes and quirky (or cracked) sayings

Love and relationships stymie the best minds. But it doesn't stop folk from offering opinions, wise to witty to downright weird. Since I ate all the chocolate, my Valentine's Day gift to you is a sampler of quotes on the best and worst of love.

“Love is a grave mental disease.” – Plato

“I love being married. It's so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” – Rita Rudner

“Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein

“Love is being stupid together.” – Paul Valery

“Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.” – Connery. Sean Connery

“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.” – Ingrid "A Kiss is Just a Kiss" Bergman.

“Women are made to be loved, not understood.” – Oscar Wilde

“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” – Pearl Bailey

“Today is Valentine's Day. Or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day.” – Jay Leno.

“Valentine's Day is when a lot of married men are reminded what a poor shot Cupid really is.” – anonymous (as if any married guy would admit to saying that)

“I don't understand why Cupid was chose to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon.” – anonymous.

“Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy.” – Henry Kissinger

“Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.” – John Barrymore

“Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.” – Jerome K. Jerome

“It's better to have loved and lost than to do 40 pounds of laundry a week.” – Laurence J. Peter

“You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.” – Henny Youngman

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost

Piglet: “How do you spell 'love'?" Pooh: "You don't spell it. You feel it." – A.A. Milne

“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” – Rose Franken

“All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!” – Good ol' Charles M. Schulz

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – Winnie-the-Pooh (A.A. Milne)