“If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.”
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“Marriage, like money, is still with us and, like money, progressively devalued.”
“The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.”
“Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.”
“Marriage is an exercise in torture.”
“I might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.”
“The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.”
“One was never married, and that's his hell another is, and that's his plague.”
“I married beneath me, all women do.”
“I think it's something that needs to be said - that there are interracial marriages out there, and the couples live happy lives, and there's nothing wrong with it.”
“Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work?”
“I wanted to marry a girl just like my mom.”
“Marriage is a financial contract I have enough contracts already.”
“Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.”
“Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day.”
“I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money.”
“The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.”
“So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.”
“I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.”
“Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.”
“I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie, never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers.”
“I tried marriage. I'm 0 for 3 with the marriage thing. So, being a ballplayer - I believe in numbers. I'm not going 0 for 4. I'm not wearing a golden sombrero.”
“Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.”
“Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty.”