941 private quotes tagged marriage

“Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents.” — John Sununu

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“Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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“On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for it, you know what I mean? I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on.” — Madonna Ciccone

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“Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay.” — Gus Van Sant

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“There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.” — Homer

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“Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.” — Katharine Hepburn

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“I believe wholeheartedly in marriage. I don't exclusively mean a marriage with a legal contract, but any relationship that constitutes a marriage because of the quality of their relationship.” — Helen Reddy

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“The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.” — Honore de Balzac

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“All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.” — Raymond Hull

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“Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.” — Honore de Balzac

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“It was a perfect marriage. She didn't want to and he couldn't.” — Spike Milligan

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“The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.” — Brendan Behan

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“If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.” — Mignon McLaughlin

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“An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.” — Sacha Guitry

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“A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.” — Andre Maurois

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“When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.” — Sacha Guitry

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“Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.” — Rita Rudner

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“I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don't spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.” — Reese Witherspoon

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“Even if you plan a marriage and a family, you are never quite prepared for the reality versus how you imagined it. In a lot of ways it's better, and in a lot of ways it's worse. That's life, right?” — Katherine Heigl

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“Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.” — Edwin Louis Cole

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“Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.” — Alan King

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“Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.” — Joe Murray

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“Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences.” — Isadora Duncan

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“I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.” — Barbara Bush

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“When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.” — Prince Philip

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