“Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.”
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“So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.”
“When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.'”
“I support allowing gay couples to marry because of - not in spite of - my values. And many of those values are the same ones deeply held by those who do not believe in gay marriage.”
“Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy.”
“I've exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. For the most part, these communications took place before my marriage, though some have sadly took place after. To be clear, I have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time.”
“There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.”
“If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn't, I'd ignore it.”
“But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.”
“I wasn't looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention.”
“If it's not working before you get married, marriage isn't going to fix it.”
“I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.”
“When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites instead it fragments.”
“Same-sex marriage is not the future.”
“Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement.”
“Since I've been in the U.S. I've lost the back of my heart, 15 ft. of intestine and my marriage - and God, I miss my intestine.”
“Yes, the marriage proposal was shot. Michael excluded the dialogue from the final edit.”
“Marriage isn't a carnival ride.”
“I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage.”
“Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.”
“My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.”
“We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.”
“Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.”
“Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.”