Kissing Quotes - Read at your Own Risk

"The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial one in any love story." Do you agree with these words by Emil Ludwig? Do you remember your first kiss? Or the first time you kissed your girlfriend or husband? Maybe for some of you, there was a "first kiss" on Valentine's Day. If so, good for you! It's a memorable start to any relationship, and sometimes, serves as a heartbreaking end. Kissing quotes should make you feel emotion, because a kiss without emotion is a waste of energy and intent... unless it's with a relative, like a grandma who tweaks your cheeks while she's giving you a wrinkly little smoochie.


Ingrid Bergman suggests in one of her kissing quotes, "A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous."  Considering that Ingrid was blessed with fabulously voluptuous lips, anyone fortunate enough to lock lips with her surely wasn't wasting their energy. Albert Einstein, known for experiments with all kinds of energy, showed his passionate side with one of his kissing quotes, "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." I would suggest that this is why "submarine races" are so popular.


Arguably, the romantically inclined French dominate the kissing quotes, so let's pay them their due. "A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point.  That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know."  French actress and singer Jeanne Bourgeois put this grammatical twist on kissing; perhaps the quote suggests that we experiment with technique to explore all the possible angles one might experience in punctuating one's pucker.


One of the more flowery descriptions of "le baiser" comes from another poet Francais, Edmond Rostand, who wrote, "A kiss ... what is it? A rosy dot placed on the "i" in loving; 'Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear." Multitalented actor, director and screenwriter Sacha Guitry in one of his kissing quotes suggests that, "I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing ladies' hands - after all, one must start somewhere." I wonder if you have to visit France to get this treatment, since it seems like we only see this kind of behavior in the movies or on television anymore. And I don't think it's related to a fear of germs.


Rene Yasenek observes, "Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can't see anything wrong with each other." I like this kissing quote. Germs aside, it's awfully nice to get close to someone you love, don't you think? And certainly, blurred vision can be helpful in certain circumstances. Darkness also seems to function as a romance enhancer, as seen in one of my favorite kissing quotes, "A kiss is the upper persuasion for a lower invasion."


Stop! I know what you're thinking, and this is a PG website. But even Shakespeare used his talents in iambic pentameter to suggest that, "Were kisses all the joys in bed, One woman would another wed." Well, he could be a bit ribald in his writings. And Shakespeare's female characters were always dressing up like men and vice versa, resulting in some hilarious escapades involving mistaken identity as a favorite plot device.


The Proverbs are resplendent with kissing quotes: "A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance." I would venture a guess that a hug would certainly lead to more kissing. A Chinese proverb suggests that "Kissing is like drinking salted water.  You drink, and your thirst increases." Are you sensing a trend here? Kissing leads to more kissing, which leads to who knows what? Consider this the official disclaimer that Great-Quotes.com cannot be responsible for any actions that result from reading this blog or any kissing quotes contained here or on the site.


One final thought: In trying to get our own way, we should remember that kisses are sweeter than whine.