Top 113 Quotes & Sayings by Chris Harrison - Page 2

ABC would love to do groundbreaking shows and there are moments for that, but they're also trying to entertain millions and millions of people and paid advertisers and keep my family happy.

One of the greatest things to hear on a date is 'I never do this,' which translates to 'I pretty much always do this but I'm conflicted about it and I'd really like you to believe I don't.'

I don't get to like-watch anything, much less hate-watch. I don't have time for that.

We can't have a show where we only show the good parts and when things turn ugly, as life often does, we stop pack up our stuff, apologize to the millions watching, and just go home.

If anyone had said that they knew their show was going to run for 15 years, you'd say you're out of your mind.

I don't always want to wear the same outfit, so why where the same ring?

You can't ever reach perfection in this business, but that's one of the things I love. It's something that can't ever be mastered, but you can attempt to get as close as possible.

The camera doesn't make you a better person, it doesn't even change the person that you are, it just magnifies who you are.

To have a man play guitar and sing to you is cool.

For those of us on this planet who have never done wrong and are always right and are just down right 100% perfect all the time, life can be hard.

I've been able to see the world many times over.

Being dumped sucks, period.

I think there is an insatiable appetite for romance and for love stories, which is partly why these books and movies do so well.

The most dangerous thing a Bachelor or Bachelorette can do is zero in on someone early and just shut everybody and everything else out emotionally.

I attempt to do my best and do what's right, but that doesn't mean I'm always right.

People destroy relationships because they force unnecessary issues instead of letting it grow naturally and organically. Once somebody feels trapped or forced into something it's only a matter of time before they run.

It's very rare I'll watch anything I'm a part of and think, 'I wouldn't change a thing.'

The Bachelor Canada' will be uniquely Canadian in and of itself because you're going to have a 100 percent Canadian cast, you're going to use Canada as a backdrop, you'll be going to all of those iconic places around Canada from coast-to-coast.

I probably became more understanding and empathetic about 'The Bachelor,' and why people are on it, than I was the first 10 years of the show when I was married, because I really do understand how hard it is out there, how hard it is to meet somebody that you really have a connection with.

You are responsible for the choices you make in this life period, end of story.

You never really see me, unless its accidental, in the tabloids or any of those magazines.

I'm not really the type of guy that dates out loud, lives out loud.

I'm from Texas and grew up in the South. Very old-school and traditional. Married, had a kid. Suit and tie. The guy next door.

The 'Bachelor' producers have scripted and are responsible for certain events: the first moon landing, the end of the cold war, Astro-turf, and the Internet (sorry, Al Gore, it was us). But we are not responsible for, nor have we ever scripted, the ending of this show.

I always like how a seemingly benign activity that was meant to be fun can turn into drama.

Before every season we take the Bachelor or Bachelorette out for publicity shots and video.

I don't believe you get to just act like things didn't happen because it's uncomfortable or sad.

Hard to believe, I'm sure, but I am not a tattoo guy. Never had one and never will.

There are few shows on television as strong and iconic as 'Millionaire.'

I don't believe we get to choose in life what we get to deal with and what we don't.

As producers, you always have to go with the flow and be ready to embrace change, and drama and whatever happens.

Nik Wallenda and his family are legendary.

I should be better with my grammar and set a better example for my kids. Just not sure that ain't gonna happen.

Not to get too deep, but I was brought up by these women who if you wanted to label them, maybe they were feminists, but you know what? They never asked for that or wanted it and they never got up on a soapbox and spoke about it, they just did it. They did their work, they did their jobs, they were who they were.

Every guy has his own style and his own way of sharing his feelings and love for a woman. Who am I to judge whether it's right or wrong?

Whether Mike Fleiss knew it at the start or not, the genius behind the show is that it's so simple. 'The Bachelor' is just about the one currency that transfers all around the world.

Sorry, never been a car guy.

You have to take the good with the bad in life.

Hosting the Miss America Pageant is a job all TV hosts dream of one day holding.

I know it sounds silly, but no one really anticipates just how mentally and emotionally taxing and unbelievably physically grueling it is to be the Bachelor.

It was a very odd transition I guess because I didn't really intend for it to happen; it wasn't a goal of mine to end up in Hollywood and do anything other than sportscasting.

We are planes, trains, and automobiles, and we're always hauling stuff up these tiny cobblestone streets, so the more mobile you are, the better.

I think it's a confusing, tough thing. I mean, I can imagine in this situation. Being a single dad myself now and trying to do the right thing in your children's eyes and in the eyes of your friends and family and all that and then at the other end of the spectrum, you're also trying to date and you want to be yourself and you want to let go.

I always liken it to being a referee - if you notice the referee, that's not a good thing.

I started [in television] as a local sportscaster in Oklahoma City and that will always be my love. It's kind of what I live for.

I was going to move back to Dallas, and my goal was to work at Channel 8 and be a sportscaster and cover my Cowboys and live happily ever after.

My kids have never known me not working on The Bachelor. But they've lived in Paris and Italy and been to Hawaii and Bora-Bora with me, and it's incredible to me that they've had these experiences.

The show is escapism. If you look back to when I was in college, all the girls in the sorority houses were gathered around watching soap operas. That was the escapism, the show that was giving you something you couldn't have. Now, you go into any sorority house, there are 50 to 100 girls piled in watching The Bachelor. We are the modern-day soap opera.

Strangers come up to me in bars and tell me about their sex lives. I'm thinking, 'You think I can make it better somehow?'

For 13 years I have been teaching my daughter and talking to her to have faith in her God, to have faith in her family, to trust herself, to be in control and in charge of her body. Same thing for my son. Hopefully, you keep that in mind as you make decisions in life, whether it's consent, whether it's drinking, whether it's running naked across the quad in college, whatever it is!

My wildest tipping point moment came when I was introduced to Clint Eastwood. He was sitting there, typical Clint Eastwood, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, holding a Budweiser. He looks at me and says, "I watch your show from time to time." I just stopped. I was like, "I can't even think about that. I'm not even sure if I'm happy about that."

I had an opportunity to move to L.A. back in 1999 and start up a horse racing network of all things. At the time, I was younger and married but didn't have kids; so we thought, Let's just go to L.A. for a while and have fun, and we can always come home. One thing led to another; and once I was out there, I had my eyes opened to this other world and quickly got a home and gardens show and did a game show and then The Bachelor ended up falling into my lap in 2001. And 'the rest is history' as they say.

I've been able to see the world many times over. The thing I've learned is less is more. I travel as light as possible. I try to carry on.