941 private quotes tagged marriage

“At my core, what I think we need to do is to get the basics right again. We need to rebuild our family structure, stay away from redefining marriage, and stand by marriage as a union between a man and a woman.” — Sam Brownback

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“Either marriage is a destiny, I believe, or there is no sense in it at all, it's a piece of humbug.” — Max Frisch

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“There are going to be peaks and valleys in everything - in your marriage, in your job, in your life. So just enjoy the peaks and ride out the valleys. Just try not to do anything too rash.” — Ricky Schroder

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“I've never quite understood why people marry marriage is just an invented structure.” — Julie Christie

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“I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. I thought it was a harsh and unnecessary thing to do to people across this country who care enough about each other to want to be married.” — Russ Feingold

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“The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there.” — James Denton

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“Obama's position on marriage is brazenly cynical.” — David Limbaugh

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“After 14 years, it better be a real marriage, you know? We do have a great time together. We are really lucky.” — Kyra Sedgwick

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“A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.” — Susan Faludi

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“Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.” — Randy Neugebauer

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“I definitely believe in marriage.” — Michael Strahan

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“I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month.” — Sally Kirkland

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“I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.” — Utada Hikaru

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“It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our schools, that took away Bible reading from our schools. It's the courts that gave us same-sex marriage. So it is quite a battlefield, and the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land.” — Rod Parsley

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“I'm not really interested in thinking about marriage or kids at all.” — Stacy Keibler

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“I say I never wanna get married. I feel trapped with the idea of marriage. How can you really be with somebody forever? I'd get bored! As I get older, I don't settle. I'd rather tell somebody 'This is what I want - take it or leave it.'” — Amanda Bynes

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“I would like it to be known that I have decided not to marry Group Capt. Peter Townsend. Mindful of the church's teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these considerations before any others.” — Princess Margaret

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“We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise.” — Raquel Welch

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“You never go into a marriage expecting to get divorced. You go into a marriage expecting it's going to last forever, and you have a lot of ways you dream about the future. You have all these expectations, and then you have to adjust those expectations, and it can be a very unnerving, confusing time.” — Jenna Fischer

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“I don't know what makes a marriage work. My husband and I don't have it right at all it's very tough on him. From the outside it looks like it's all about me - I have a glorious career and he doesn't.” — Emily Watson

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“I believe in the sanctity of marriage.” — Sam Brownback

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“Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.” — Randy Neugebauer

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“My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.” — Andrew Sullivan

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“Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.” — Joe Scarborough

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“I went through a long period of time in that marriage when I didn't believe anything was my fault. I had to face what my part was, and only because of that difficult work was I able to trust a man again.” — Connie Sellecca

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