What is love? ’tis not hereafter; Present mirth hath present laughter; What’s to come is still unsure: In delay there lies no plenty; Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth’s a stuff will not endure. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 3. Drinking and singing with Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, Feste sings this song about the fleeting nature of love and youth. He says love is a young person’s game and it must be seized in the moment.
Kiss me Kate, we will be married o’ Sunday. – William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew, Act 2, Scene 1, Petruchio.
In Kiss Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine. – The Bible Song of Solomon 1:2
Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her – when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? – Helen Rowland
I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There’s nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared. – Hedy Lamarr
A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth – and endures all the rest. – Helen Rowland
Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you’re having a chemical experience. – Helen Fisher
An audience who watches my shows knows who I am, knows that right when they think I’m going to make a joke, I’m going to blow something up, or during the worst peril, I’m going to have someone give someone a kiss – it’s just going to happen. – Joss Whedon
My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn’t go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success. – John Legend
My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I’d kiss the screen. – Janet Jackson
Kissing could have begun as a way of sniffing out who’s who. From a whiff to a kiss was just a short trip across the face. – Joshua Foer
Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback. – John Updike
But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest. – John Gay
When I get on a plane, I kiss the plane and I tap it three times. If I don’t do it… I have to do it. One time I sat in my seat and I had to get back up to touch the plane. – Jana Kramer
I don’t think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can’t kiss a movie. – Jean-Luc Godard
I think that even if you’re wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be. – J. J. Abrams