Marriage Quotes
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I was married once--in San Francisco. I haven't seen her for many years. The great earthquake and fire in 1906 destroyed the marriage certificate. There's no legal proof. Which proves that earthquakes aren't all bad.
W. C. Fields
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On same-sex marriage It’s a question of human rights, gender equality and equality.
Alexander Stubb
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Marriage is the most licentious of human institutions.
George Bernard Shaw
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'The White Princess' follows Princess Lizzie, who was forced into marriage with Henry Tudor. It's kind of about how their marriage united the Yorks and the Tudors - the two families do rival but have to unite.
Jodie Comer
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My marriage is very important to me.
Nell Carter
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I have a deep-seated belief that marriage is between a man and a woman exclusively.
John Hogg
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All the housemaid hopes is, happiness for 'em - but marriage is a lottery, and the more she thinks about it, the more she feels the independence and the safety of a single life.
Charles Dickens
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I tried to write about my first marriage in a fictional version but got two pages into it and realised it was too personal. Then I came up with an old-fashioned love triangle, which became the plot for 'Ralph's Party.'
Lisa Jewell
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What sweet delight a quiet life affords.
William Drummond
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Lord, I could not endure a husband with a beard on his face! I had rather lie in the woolen.
William Shakespeare
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Homosexuals are not monogamous. They want to destroy the institution of marriage. It will destroy marriage. It will destroy the Earth.
James Dobson
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A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.
Ellen Barkin
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Nothing is more sweet than harmony in marriage, and nothing more distressing than dissension.
Martin Luther
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In the ages since Adam's marriage, it has been good for some men to be alone, and for some women also.
George Eliot
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Marriage is not common in Sweden.
Eva Gabrielsson
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An invitation to be a bridesmaid is an honor which cannot be declined without some very good reason. Our idea of one of the better reasons is the impending arrival of a little stranger. ... any lady in this interesting condition should have the grace to refuse. We know that symbols of fertility are appropriate to the marriage ceremony, but they needn't be quite so obviously borne in on the congregation.
Alice-Leone Moats
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Anita had the mechanics of marriage down pat, even to the subtlest conventions. If her approach was disturbingly rational, systematic, she was thorough enough to turn out a credible counterfeit of warmth.
Kurt Vonnegut
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People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce.
Margaret Mead
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It is best to live anyhow, as one may; do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.
Sophocles
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Why do Republicans hate gay marriage so much? They certainly don't hate gay prostitutes.
Margaret Cho
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The Constitution of the United States has absolutely nothing to say about a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Were the federal courts to recognize such a right, it would be completely without constitutional basis.
Newt Gingrich
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That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage.
Jesse Helms
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If music be the food of love, play on.
William Shakespeare
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A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
John C. Maxwell