941 private quotes tagged marriage

“I think that two people who decide to live together in a marriage situation, they have an obligation to make the marriage work for them.”— Helen Reddy

“I've always been wary of marriage.”— Cynthia Nixon

“Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.”— Elsa Maxwell

“God invented concubinage, satan marriage.”— Francis Picabia

“But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean?”— Robert Downey, Jr.

“Our national media refuses to report that even the Supreme Court did not say marriage was a human right in all cases nor did it say that the heterosexual definition violated anyone's right or that the heterosexual definition of marriage was unconstitutional.”— Stockwell Day

“I had a happy marriage and a nice wife. I accomplished everything you can. What more can you want?”— Max Schmeling

“Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on.”— Stockwell Day

“I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years.”— Lynn Redgrave

“Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.”— Jeremy Taylor

“There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a view shared by half the nation, is portrayed as evidence of hatred.”— Gary Bauer

“It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and one woman. We don't want genocide. We don't want to destroy the sacred institution of marriage.”— Alveda King

“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”— Peter De Vries

“I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.”— George Osborne

“Marriage can be expensive, and if I lose millions then it'll be the best millions I've spent.”— Seth Rogen

“I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot.”— Rick Santorum

“I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been.”— Portia de Rossi

“My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby.”— Carol Vorderman

“The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.”— Sacha Guitry

“My relationship with Dean was great, but ultimately it wasn't a fulfilling marriage for either of us.”— LeAnn Rimes

“I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.”— Jenny Eclair

“Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father.”— Keith O'Brien

“Marriage is something that needs to be worked on every day. I don't know if I'm the one to give marital advice since I've only been married for a little over a year, but marriage is certainly easier if you are open, trusting and loving.”— Emily Blunt

“Even though marriage is doomed, if you turned it into a job you like and really work at it - it can be salvaged.”— Al Goldstein

“I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.”— Kate Adie