Your goal in an online dating profile and in your first message to somebody is to strike up a conversation.

I'm an off-the-charts introvert. To me, being around groups of strangers is exhausting. I've had to sort of train myself to think about two tactics: finding common ground and invoking humor.

We sold OkCupid to Match in January of 2011. In September of 2012, I became CEO of all of Match, which is the operating segment of IAC that contains all of the dating properties.

I get to be the nosiest friend or acquaintance that anyone has because it's - my job is to ask you about your dating life all the time.

We were intrigued by the fact that we had so much actual behavior among people on our dating site, OKCupid.

My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.

Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.

In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?

YOU R sO bRUEtifUL...how R U so BRUTEfUL and good?

No two person, ever read the same book.

I was beginning to agree with the thesis that some truths were better off dead.And buried.

*You only get one chance to make a first impression.* Ah, whatever!!! Who said you get three chances to make the second impression?!!

I think everybody has something that takes them away or makes them happier. To some people it's baseball or sports or knitting or the movies.

To have a high IQ, you tend to specialize, think deep thoughts. You avoid trivia.

Everybody in America is a part of this big herd of cattle being led to the marketplace, not to be sold, which is usual with cattle, but to do the buying. And everyone is branded.

the letters are mixed up. U and I should be together.

Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God

You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don't have a good script, it doesn't mean a thing.