941 private quotes tagged marriage

“I believe in the institution of marriage. Of course being a Mormon, we believe in eternity rather than just till death do us part. If you really try hard, if you make it work, it's blissful. But I also know a marriage that isn't working can be painful.” — Donny Osmond

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“Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.” — Boris Pasternak

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“Marriage can be viewed as the waiting room for death.” — Mike Myers

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“Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.” — W. Somerset Maugham

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“But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government.” — Tony Campolo

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“If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?” — Tony Campolo

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“President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?” — Tony Campolo

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“My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.” — Kenneth G. Wilson

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“I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” — Rita Rudner

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“Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.” — Mae West

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“Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.” — Charlize Theron

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“Marriage is a great institution.” — Elizabeth Taylor

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“Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.” — Sydney J. Harris

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“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.” — Jane Austen

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“Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.” — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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“Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.” — Nick Cave

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“I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work, I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness.” — Bethenny Frankel

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“Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.” — John Leguizamo

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“Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners.” — Rowan D. Williams

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“If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.” — Anthony Storr

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“I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.” — Mary McCormack

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“The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.” — Cyril Connolly

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“The Bible is clear - God's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.” — Billy Graham

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“Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.” — Nicolas Chamfort

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“The death of anti-gay hate speech is no doubt being hastened by the head-spinning speed with which gays as a group - to say nothing of gay marriage - are becoming an unremarkable and even quite traditional parts of American life.” — Jeffrey Kluger

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