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Valentine's Day is "Extortion Day," Jay Leno has quipped. Above, flower merchants and customers in Glasgow, Scotland, prepare for Valentine's Day. Getty Images

Sometimes people who complain about Valentine's Day sound like they're just, well, complaining. For most people, it's easy to be cynical, but hard to be humorous about a day that's seen as cheesy, embittering and commercialized. To cheer up your girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse or single friends unhappy about Saturday's celebrations, below are a few funny quotes for him, her and your friends to celebrate the holiday spirit.

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2. “Today is Valentine's Day. Or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day.” -- Jay Leno

3. "Men always want to be a woman's first love -- women like to be a man's last romance." -- Oscar Wilde

4. “I wanted to make it really special on Valentine's Day, so I tied my boyfriend up. And for three solid hours I watched whatever I wanted on TV.” -- Tracy Smith

5. "Don’t forget to leave work early today so that people actually think you have Valentine’s Day plans." - an eCard

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7. “Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.” — Jules Renard

8. “Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.” — Albert Einstein

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