“I don't know what my version of a relationship or marriage is yet, because the typical model seems a little broken to me.”
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“In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents.”
“I'd love to have First Lady Michelle Obama over and ask, 'How do you make your marriage work?' I think the president is sexy as all get-out, but he has got to get on her nerves some kind of way. He's this wonderful, powerful man, but she sees him leaving his socks on the floor.”
“And in a marriage you can't TRY and be married. You're married or you're not married... as far as I'm concerned.”
“There were times after my marriage ended where, you know, I really felt like I was at the bottom of a mountain, there was a great big, fog up there, and I'm never going to cross to the other side.”
“I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years.”
“Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.”
“I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.”
“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Marriage can be expensive, and if I lose millions then it'll be the best millions I've spent.”
“I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.”
“The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.”
“Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.”
“I had a very wise person tell me that he thinks marriage, when you're younger, you keep thinking you can fix things. That's what people do. And you can't really fix anything. It shouldn't be a massive difficult thing every day. Life's difficult enough.”
“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.”
“Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once.”
“You have to work for everything. Marriage should not be any different.”
“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.”
“Any sex outside of the marriage bond between a man and a woman is violating God's law.”
“I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.”
“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.”
“Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.”