Top 105 Matthew Hussey Quotes

A simple thank-you goes a long way.

If he wants you over for the holidays or can’t wait for you to have dinner with his buddies, it’s a sign he wants them to love you as much as he does.

The need to make sure everyone knows all of the great stuff about us is usually an insecurity in itself.

I honestly believe there is nothing more important in a person’s life than love and I want to show women how to have fun and get the best out of dating.

I think people don’t want be alone. Ultimately, we want to feel connected. We want to feel like there is someone who actually sees us in the world. That’s the big thing: to be seen. How many people actually feel seen?

Lose the group shot in front of the Eiffel Tower, where it’s impossible to tell you from your friends. He’s not going on a date with Paris or your entourage, he’s going on a date with you and he wants to know what you look like.

The easy way to make your texts sexier? Lose the question marks.

Women are conditioned to believe Prince Charming is going to come and sweep them off their feet.

Your Friday and Saturday nights are sacred. When a new guy asks for a prime-time date early on, suggest drinks and make him the warm-up.

The key to asking someone out is to not really ask. In other words, don’t feel your sentence needs to end with a question mark.

One of the people I most admired was Christopher Hitchens. He was extremely polarizing but extremely honest, to a fault sometimes, but I respected him for that, and I loved his debating style.

Boldness is sexy, especially when it’s done with a wink.

Research shows that making eye contact is a powerful draw for guys – even in photos. Just don’t mistake duck face for flirty.

Life isn’t easy but it’s not as complicated as we make it out to be.

Quite simply, if someone tells you often that they’re dreaming of, or thinking about, you, it means you’re someone they see as a big part of their life. When you’re in their head, it means you’re also pretty close to their heart.

Women want to attract a ‘high-value’ man. If that’s the man you want to attract you have to be high value yourself.

Choose a guy who has a similar level of drive as you. There’s nothing sexy about being your boyfriend’s life coach.

How do you bust out of the friend zone? It’s a horrible place to be when you end up there unintentionally with someone you have a romantic interest in.

The coolest people reveal themselves gradually, and flirting isn’t just about making yourself look great, it’s about making him feel great too.

One of the most overwhelming things about dating is imagining going on an entire dinner date for an evening with someone you don’t even know you have chemistry with yet.

If you are in a toxic relationship, that poisons you everywhere else in your life.

When women want things to get more serious they can come across like relationship saleswomen but a man wants to think his own mind took him there.

You become a better dater when you have a truly fulfilling life that is not dependent on someone else. Even if someone leaves, your life continues unscathed.

If you’re in business and you make a sales call and that lead doesn’t buy from you, you don’t sit there all day mourning the loss of that lead. You go out there and make 10 more sales calls!

Firstly, there is no perfect man. Looking for that it worse than starting the race badly, it means you’re in the wrong race. What women should be searching for is their ideal man – i.e. the one whose values, beliefs and outlook on life synergise with their own.

I have strong views, and I can’t imagine not ever being honest about those views.

With any form of change, it’s kind of like you’re dislodging something. Once you’ve done it a little bit, you can open the floodgates.

The right man applauds your potential, he doesn’t stifle it.

So many books are designed to help you with your love life spend their time telling you what you can’t do. What I love about ‘Get The Guy’ is it spends the majority of its time telling you what you can do.

The right man applauds your potential, he doesn’t stifle it.

Once a date asked me what I do, so I said that my company empowers women in their dating lives. Her response? ‘Aw, that’s so cute!’ Cute is how my babysitter described me when I was 7 years old. Simple fix: Replace cute with hot and he’ll feel like James Bond.

The number one mistake people make in attraction is either doing too much or too little.

A hint of competition goes a long way with guys.

The guy who wants to spend all his time with you may seem romantic, but he’s also the guy who’ll try to stop you from doing anything that doesn’t involve him. If he presses you to ditch hobbies, passions, and friends, it’s time to ditch him.

Even the toughest of eggs to crack will have soppy, soft moments when they feel in love. Usually they’ll want to be more physically affectionate in terms of hugging and kissing, and they’ll feel more protective towards you.

I am known predominantly for dealing with people’s relationships.

When you say yes to the invite of someone new, you’re also saying yes to their network. And their network contains people you may be attracted to.

If you look like you’re hiding something, we’re more likely to swipe left.

You become a better dater when you have a truly fulfilling life that is not dependent on someone else. Even if someone leaves, your life continues unscathed.

Guys aren’t used to out-of-the-blue compliments.

The guy who wants to spend all his time with you may seem romantic, but he’s also the guy who’ll try to stop you from doing anything that doesn’t involve him. If he presses you to ditch hobbies, passions, and friends, it’s time to ditch him.

Women all think that if a guy likes you he will come and talk to you. That’s nonsense – ‘actually the opposite is true. The more attractive he finds you, the less likely it is he’ll talk to you.

Halloween might be a time that’s renowned for ghosts, but we no longer experience ghosts only on Halloween. In our dating lives, we are now used to being ‘ghosted’ the whole year round.

A simple thank-you goes a long way.

Remember that the most confident people make others feel confident around them.

Don’t just praise a guy’s achievements. Praise the personality traits that made them possible.

Lose the group shot in front of the Eiffel Tower, where it’s impossible to tell you from your friends. He’s not going on a date with Paris or your entourage, he’s going on a date with you and he wants to know what you look like.

Men feel safe and more open when they know that the woman they’re talking to approves of their passion for a particular band/book/cereal.

Commitment phobes will be scared of making plans for the next weekend, let alone six months from now!

Plenty of casual daters will throw you off with maddening phrases like ‘I’m just enjoying having fun with you.’ This doesn’t make them a bad person, but it’s your call now how to respond. Just don’t assume ‘having fun’ or any such cliche means they’re going to suddenly decide they want a relationship next week.

Guys don’t get as many physical compliments as women do. Tell him his CrossFit habit is paying off. He’ll work double time to impress you.

The whole ‘Secret’ sensation really rubbed me the wrong way; I just don’t believe in it. The grain of truth is that what you focus on you’ll get more of, and that’s got to do with the reticular activating system in your brain, not ‘The Secret.’

It’s instinct: Men love to feel like they take care of you. Knowing you feel protected makes his ego grow two sizes bigger.

Once a date asked me what I do, so I said that my company empowers women in their dating lives. Her response? ‘Aw, that’s so cute!’ Cute is how my babysitter described me when I was 7 years old. Simple fix: Replace cute with hot and he’ll feel like James Bond.

Guys don’t approach women who look like they are going to say ‘Sorry, no.’

Women want to attract a ‘high-value’ man. If that’s the man you want to attract you have to be high value yourself.

A man who is invested takes the time to get to know you well, and his gifts will be a testament to his expert grasp of your likes and dislikes.

Women can be made to feel like that makes them seem ‘too demanding,’ but it’s better than wasting time on someone who isn’t planning any future with you.

Commitment phobes will be scared of making plans for the next weekend, let alone six months from now!

Halloween might be a time that’s renowned for ghosts, but we no longer experience ghosts only on Halloween. In our dating lives, we are now used to being ‘ghosted’ the whole year round.

Even when I was young, I cared too much about what other people thought, especially girls.

A man who is invested takes the time to get to know you well, and his gifts will be a testament to his expert grasp of your likes and dislikes.

We live in a world of social media, dating apps, online profiles where everyone is portraying themselves in 2D, trying to look cool. Portray yourself in three dimensions.

People en masse have lost the ability to go out there and meet people in real life.