The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived. (Harper's Magazine, 1949)
Bernard De VotoMarriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.
Phyllis McGinleyA happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
Andre MauroisAs to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SocratesIf variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
Johnny CarsonA marriage in which no quarrelling at all takes place may well be one that is dead or dying from emotional undernourishment [Dammed if you do quarrel, damned if you don't!]
Flora DavisI once read that in any good marriage, one partner is the gardener and the other is the garden. We take it in turns to be either.
Meryl StreepMarriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.
Richard PryorMost people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage
John Le CarreMarriage is an institution and that's where a couple finish up.
Les DawsonMarriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
Thomas Love PeacockOn marriage to Jennifer Aniston: I'm performing naked cartwheels. I'm very excited.
Brad PittIn marriage do thou be wise; prefer the person before money; virtue before beauty; the mind before the body.
William PennOn marriage to ex Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty: I was never really sober through that whole relationship. I was out of my f***ing soul.
Ashley HamiltonMarriage is a mistake every man should make.
George JesselDad had said he thought marriage and the legal recognition of relationships was a matter for individual states to decide. He made it clear that he personally did not support the Federal Marriage Amendment.
Mary CheneyBruce [Willis] has been great about everything [on his marriage to Demi Moore]
Ashton KutcherWhen widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
Henry FieldingLove is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
Boris PasternakIt's a marriage. If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her.
Gary PlayerLove and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage.
Sammy CahnMarriage takes work, but so does living alone. One of the things you have to work at is to have enough human resources and to plan ahead.
Barbara FeldonMarriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
Billy ConnellyAfter marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
Hemant JoshiA successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
Andre MauroisMy future plans - Marriage, a villa and ten kids.
Peta WilsonTake care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage. Like two out of every ten couples.
Neil SimonI will not remarry. I'm so grateful for the marriages that I have had. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't had those.
Cheryl TiegsThere's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.
Clint EastwoodAfter a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him.
Helen RowlandMy first marriage was not happy. I married him because I was impressed that he knew which wines to order and how to leave his visiting card. Ridiculous reasons.
Jean SebergEven though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
Jackie KennedySometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.
Drew BarrymoreDon't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without. [Advice to those preparing for marriage]
James C DobsonRomantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
Thomas MooreOn rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.
Emma GoldmanShe's my wife, not my girlfriend. Maybe for her it is better. For me, she's still the same girl, just my wife [on if marriage has changed him!]
Nikolay DavydenkoMarriages are said to be made in Heaven, which may be why they don't work here on Earth.
Thomas SzaszWe're good friends. I adore him and have a lot of time for him, but he's really not marriage material. He's out there and not ready to settle down [on T4 presenter Steve Jones]
Sarah HardingI'm angry because she was supposed to marry me! [when asked what he thought of Prince Charles' impending marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles]
Bernard LaporteMarriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three
Washington IrvingMarriage is a great institution.
Elizabeth TaylorMore marriages might survive if the partners realised that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
Doug LarsonIt is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can;
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity
George Bernard ShawAn affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.
Bette DavisMarriage is our last, best chance to grow up.
Joseph BarthFor every marriage then is best in tune,
When that the wife is May, the husband June.
Rowland WatkynsTo keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.
Ogden NashMarriage is like life in this - that it is a field of battle and not a bed of roses.
Robert Louis StevensonA happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short
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