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He’s such a wonderful geek; some men have a little black book and fill it full of numbers and descriptions of their favourite shags but the Doctor's is full of planets in danger and if they are important enough he gives them a terminal rating!
Doc Oho on Doctor Who, "Silver Nemesis"note 

The Doctor: That's not what I'm like!
Amy: Then what are you like?
Doctor: I dunno. Gandalf! A Space Gandalf. Or the little green one in Star Wars. (spins around making lightsaber noises)
Amy: You really are not. You. Are. A bloke.
Doctor: I'm the Doctor.
Amy: Every room you walk into, you laugh at all the men and show off to all the girls.
Doctor: Do not!
Amy: What about Rory?
Doctor: (snort of laughter and mimes a long nose)
Doctor Who, "Meanwhile in the TARDIS"

Phil: Has the Doctor ever had sex?
David Tennant: The Doctor has had children. (waves hand vaguely)

I've told you many times already. I don't want to feel like anyone's property right now.

Wonder Woman: No... No dating for the Batman - it might cut into your brooding time.
Batman: One: dating within The Team always leads to disaster. Two: you're a princess from a society of immortal warriors, I'm a rich kid with issues - lots of issues. And three: if my enemies ever found out I had someone special, they wouldn't rest until they'd gotten to me through her.
Wonder Woman: (crushes a stone gargoyle without effort) Next?
Justice League Unlimited, "This Little Piggy"

Janine: And Egon? I love you most of all.
Egon: (smiles, then clears his throat) Yes, well...such displays of emotion are only needed by the insecure. Thanks for the thought, though.

Carla wondered what Jean had done about women all these years. Nothing perhaps; some men didn't, though these were few enough in Carla's experience.

But loyalty and love are two very different things: all my life I've chosen loyalty, which has made my path much simpler.

But I'm not allowed to have love for someone else. It will only hurt them.
Shizuo Heiwajima, Durarara!!

I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.

Q: Oh, Kathy, don't be such a prude. Admit it. It has been a while.
Captain Janeway: And it's going to be a while longer.note 
Star Trek: Voyager, "The Q and the Grey"

"Tonight, you pukes will sleep with your rifles. You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. Your days of finger-banging ol' Mary-Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over! You're married to this piece. This weapon of iron and wood. And you will be faithful. Port, hut!"
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Full Metal Jacket

Misty: Don't you know that love is the most important thing in the whole world?
Ash: Not more important than catching Pokemon.

Circe: I wanted so badly to entrust my life to someone like him, ignoring his sociopathic tendencies entirely. The thrill of a long-lasting marriage, of being with someone who genuinely cares...
Callista: I wouldn't know how that feels. Lifelong bachelorette, and I'm proud of it. Singleness forever!

If he was only Kyril Sutherland the man, not Kyril Sutherland the Hunter, he would have been glad to return any of their affections.

But he was a Hunter of beasts, and because of that he walked a lonely and bitter path. He wouldn't had it any other way.

Ah, love! The joining of hearts! The exchanging of gifts and fluids! It is not for our kind, brothers. Love is a temptress, a succubus intent on shopping for furniture. Deny love, my boys, or suffer the ultimate fate: Sunday with the in-laws!
Poobah, The Brothers Grunt

"It's a sad sight, Sparx. Another noble warrior falls victim to the plague of love! Pfft. Just look away..."
Spyro the Dragon, Spyro: Year of the Dragon

Miles Edgeworth: The "power of love," you say? That kind of illogical argument is hardly viable in a court of law! Wouldn't you agree, Your Honor?
Judge: I'm afraid not, Mr. Edgeworth. You should never underestimate the power of love. You'll understand one day when you get marri--
Edgeworth: Which I won't!
Judge: ............
Edgeworth: Exactly what is so wrong with wishing to remain unwed?!
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, Case 6-DLC: "Turnabout Time Traveler"

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