Quotes with marriage

Quotes 81 till 100 of 264.

  • Carol Ann Duffy 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.
    Carol Ann Duffy
    British poet and playwright (1955 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Johnny Carson If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
    Johnny Carson
    American TV personality, businessman (1925 - 2005)
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  • Al Goldstein If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account.
    Al Goldstein
    American pornographer (1936 - 2013)
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  • Bob Newhart If you look at Jack Benny, George Burns, or Don Rickles, they've all had long, successful marriages. So, I think there's something about laughter and the durability of a marriage.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Sam Levenson If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.
    Sam Levenson
    American author (1911 - 1980)
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  • Erica Jong In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving.
    Erica Jong
    American author (1942 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley In a few years, no doubt, marriage licences will be sold like dog licences, good for 12 months.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Iris Murdoch In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Sir Robert Anderson In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.
    Sir Robert Anderson
    English police officer, theologian and writer (1841 - 1918)
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  • Bill Haslam In general, everybody should admit the world is changing really fast, and it's hard for the conversations to keep up. I mean, it's hard to remember now, but when Barack Obama ran for president, he was against gay marriage.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • William Penn In marriage do thou be wise; prefer the person before money; virtue before beauty; the mind before the body.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Enid Bagnold In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.
    Enid Bagnold
    British writer, playwright (1889 - 1981)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Patricia Neal In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do.
    Patricia Neal
    American actress (1926 - 2010)
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  • Brendan Behan Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.
    Brendan Behan
    Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright (1923 - 1964)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Agnes Macphail It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men; for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage; and they must even change their name.
    Agnes Macphail
    Canadian politician (1890 - 1954)
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  • Jane Austen It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Oscar Wilde It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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